| Authorised form of name | Bishop; Ann (1899 - 1990) |
| Dates | 1899 - 1990 |
| Nationality | British |
| Place of birth | Manchester, England |
| Date of birth | 19 December 1899 |
| Date of death | 07/05/1990 |
| Research field | Chemotherapy |
| Protozoa |
| Activity | Education:
Manchester High School; Manchester University (Natural Sciences). PhD (1926), ScD
Career:
Honorary Research Fellow, Manchester University (1925); National Institute for Medical Research, London (1926-1929); Research Fellow, Molteno Institute, Cambridge (1929); Yarrow Fellow, Girton College, Cambridge (1932); Research Fellow, Girton College, (1937-1966); Beit MRC Chemotherapy Research Unit (1938), Director, (1942-1966); Life Fellow, Girton College (1966); worked on experimental malaria chemotherapy; editor of the journal Parasitology (for 20 years); served on Malaria Committee of the World Health Organisation
Memberships:
British Parasitological Society (Founder Member; President 1961)
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| Membership category | Fellow |
| Date of election | 19/03/1959 |
| Relationships | Daughter of a furniture maker |
| Source | Sources:
Obituaries: Guardian (12 May 1990); Times (22 May 1990)
Obituaries:
Biographical Memoirs of Fellows of the Royal Society 1992 vol 38 pp 27-39, plate, by L G Goodwin and K Vickerman |
| Code | NA6579 |
Archives associated with this Fellow
| RefNo | Title | Date |
| GLB/65/13/14 | Ann Bishop, Cambridge to Brown | 11 June 1970 |
| GLB/65/13/15 | Brown to Ann Bishop, Cambridge | 22 June 1970 |
| IM/GA/WRS/8343 | Bishop, Ann | ? 1959 |
| EC/1959/03 | Bishop, Ann: certificate of election to the Royal Society | |
| IM/000385 | Bishop, Ann | nd |
| HD/25/21 | Presentation album for Henry Dale on his retirement from the National Institute for Medical Research | 30 September 1942 |