Person Rivers; Rosalind Venetia Pitt- (1907 - 1990); biochemist Rivers Rosalind Venetia Pitt- biochemist Rosalind Venetia Pitt-Rivers 1907 - 1990 British Female 18 Mansfield Street, London, England 0/03/1907 19070304 Her home, Hinton St Mary, Dorset, England 14/01/1990 19900114

London (1952); Hinton St Mary, Dorset (1985-1990)

biochemist Physiology Endocrinology Biochemistry Thyroid hormones Education: At home, by a governess; Notting Hill High School, London (c 1920-1924); Bedford College, London. BSc (1930, top of the University), MSc (1931), PhD (1939) Career: Research student under Sir Charles Harington, Department of Pathological Chemistry, University College Hospital Medical School, London (1937); studied thyroid hormones; moved with Harington to the National Institute for Medical Research (NIMR), Hampstead, London (1942); worked at Southe-East Blood Transfusion Unit, Maidstone Kent (1940-1941); worked on milk yields, University College Hospital; seconded to the 21 Army Group, to go to Belgium (1945) and worked with Dame Janet Vaughan (FRS 1979) on nutritional study of force-marched prisoners of war; returned to NIMR (1945); William Julius Mickle Fellow of the University of London (1951); member, Bedford College Coucil (1956); Member of Council, University College Hospital Medical School (1960); President, European Thyroid Association (1971); retired (1972); continued work first in Department of Zoology and then in the Department of Pharmacology, University College, London; Fellow, Bedford College, London (1973); Honorary President, International Congress of Endocrinology, Melbourne (1980); retired to moved to the Pitt-Rivers estate at Hinton St Mary, Sturminster Newton, Dorset (1985); died of pneumonia and was buried on the estate. Memberships: Society of Endocrinology, Mexico (1959, Honorary Member) London Thyroid Club (President 1965) Society for Endocrinology (1977, Honorary Member) Royal Society of Medicine (1983, Honorary Fellow) Hon FRCP (1986) Parents: Brigadier-General the Hon Anthony Henry and the Hon Sylvia Stanley Spouse: (1931) George Lane-Fox Pitt Rivers (divorced 1937) Children: Anthony Pitt-Rivers Made important contributions to knowledge of the biosynthesis of thyroxine and of the mode of action of antithyroid substances. Identified with J Gross, the occurrence of triiodothyronine in the thyroid gland and the blood, and the demonstrated that this compound is more active than thyroxine. Fellow 18/03/1954 47 Norman Wingate Pirie Richard Laurence Millington Synge Archer John Porter Martin Albert Neuberger Sydney John Folley Guy Frederic Marrian John Henry Gaddum James Henderson Burns Rudolph Albert Peters Albert Charles Chibnall Frank George Young Charles Robert Harington Obituaries: Biographical Memoirs of Fellows of the Royal Society 1994 vol 39 pp 325-348, plate, by J R Tata Pitt-Rivers_R_RS14006.jpg International Standard Archival Authority Record for Corporate Bodies, Persons and Families - ISAAR(CPF) - Ottawa 1996 ISBN 0-9696035-3-3 National Council on Archives, Rules for the Construction of Personal, Place and Corporate Names, 1997 Anglo American Cataloguing Rules (second edition) rules for double barrelled and compound surnames https://royalsocietypublishing.org/doi/10.1098/rsbm.1994.0019 https://royalsocietypublishing.org/action/doSearch?ContribAuthorRaw=Pitt-Rivers%2C+Rosalind+Venetia 4 Mar 1907 - 14 Jan 1990 The past Fellows entries are under continuous revision. If you have queries or additional information to contribute, please contact Library@royalsociety.org. Content in external sources is not controlled by the Royal Society and historical sources may include content that is now unacceptable. Reviewed on 18/12/2024 as part of the Name Authority Project update. NA7005 21/11/2001 Andyg Pmab 17/09/2025 RS_NET\VirginiaM Yes e58c9559-1f6e-4fcc-9553-dd1e1f924689