Person Vaughan; Dame; Janet Maria (1899 - 1993); haematologist and radiobiologist Vaughan Janet Maria Dame haematologist and radiobiologist 1899 - 1993 British Female 4 Albert Road, Clifton, Bristol, Gloucestershire, England 18/10/1899 18991018 Churchill Hospital, Oxford, England 09/01/1993 19930109

Taviton Street, London Gordon Square, London (from 1930) 1 Fairlawn End, First Turn, Wolvercote, Oxford (1978)

haematologist and radiobiologist Pathology Physiology Radiobiology Haematology Education: At home, by governesses; North Foreland Lodge (aged 15); Somerville College, Oxford. BSc (1922, Physiology), BM, BCh (1924, Oxford). Career: Unable to pursue her medical career due to her mother's illness and death, and the need to entertain for her father, who was Headmaster at Rugby School (1924-1929); Assistant in Clinical Pathology, University College Hospital, London (1927) where she became interested in haematology; Rockefeller Travelling Fellow, working at Thorndike Memorial Laboratory, Boston City Hospital, USA, her father having remarried (1929-1930); Assistant Pathologist at a non-teaching hospital (1930-1931); Bernard Baron Institute of Pathology, The London Hospital, to study blood and bone disease, first as Beit Memorial Fellow (3 years), then as Leverhulme Research Scholar (1 year); Assistant in Clincial Pathology, Royal Postgraduate Medical School, Hammersmith Hospital (1935); seconded as Medical Officer in Charge, North West London Blood Supply Depot, Slough (World War II); member of Goodenough Committe on medical education (1942); Trustee, Nuffield Foundation (1943-1967); worked with Rosalind Pitt-Rivers (FRS 1954) on nutritional study of force-marched prisoners of war (1945); member of the Royal Commission on equal pay for men and women (1944); Principal, Somerville College (1945-1967); member of the University Grants Medical Advisory Committe (1953-1963); Vice-Chairman (1948) and Chairman (1950-1951) Oxford Regional Hospital Board; research work funded by Medical Research Council (MRC (1947); retired (1967); featured in the BBC series 'Women of our century' (1984); died of bronchopneumonia. Honours: OBE 1944; DBE 1957 Parents: William Wyamar Vaughan, schoolmaster, and his wife Margaret Symonds Spouse: (m. 1930) David Gourlay Children: Two daughters Mary (b 1933) and Patricia (b 1935) Distinguished in four careers, two in science, one in higher education (Principal of Somerville College, Oxford 1945-1967) and one in social service notably as member and Chairman of Oxford Regional Hospital Board and as Nuffield Trustee. One of the first laboratory-based haematologists, she was for 15 years a pioneer in integrating clinical and pathological observations with blood pictures and measurements of blood cells and author of The Anaemias - 2 editions, one of the first specialized books on blood diseases in the English language. On translation to Oxford she formed and led a highly productive "school" investigating the metabolism of nuclear fission products and fissile materials, developing radio-autography and introducing fission track autography. World authority on pathological effects of plutonium she was the first to recognize the potential effects on bone marrow resulting in leukaemia and allied dyscrasias. Fellow 15/03/1978 79 Obituaries: Biographical Memoirs of Fellows of the Royal Society 1995 vol 41 pp 481-498, plate, by Maureen Owen References: E A Fellmann, 'The Principia and Continental Mathematicians' in NR 1988 vol 42 pp 13-34 Evans, S. (2024) 'Bloomsbury, Belsen, Oxford: Janet Vaughan - medical pioneer' (U. of Chester P.) 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 https://royalsocietypublishing.org/action/doSearch?ContribAuthorRaw=Vaughan%2C+Janet+Maria RCN 20918 RCN 20919 RCN 20920 RCN 20921 18 Oct 1899 - 9 Jan 1993 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 26/02/2025 as part of the Name Authority Project update. NA8093 21/11/2001 Andyg Martind 06/05/2025 RS_NET\VirginiaM Yes 9e9ae4ca-d802-4e44-bbe6-025ee139c072