| RefNo | EC/1979/37 |
| Previous numbers | Cert XX, 170 |
| Level | Item |
| Title | Vaughan, Janet Maria: certificate of election to the Royal Society |
| Date | 1978 |
| Description | Citation typed |
| Citation | 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. Her energy and enthusiasm played an all important role in organizing and developing blood banks for civil defence, London 1939-45. 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. Now a 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. Author of The effects of Irradiation on the Skeleton and The Physiology of Bone, 2 editions. |
| AccessStatus | Closed |
Fellows associated with this archive
| Code | PersonName | Dates |
| NA8093 | Vaughan; Dame; Janet Maria (1899 - 1993) | 1899 - 1993 |