Authorised form of name | Hanson; Emmeline Jean (1919 - 1973) |
Dates | 1919 - 1973 |
Nationality | British |
Place of birth | Newhall, Derbyshire, England |
Date of birth | 14/11/1919 |
Place of death | Her home, London |
Date of death | 10/08/1973 |
Research field | Biophysics |
Musculature |
Activity | Education: High School for Girls, Burton-upon-Trent (1930-1938); Bedford College, London (1941, Zoology) Career: Research work on vascular system of annelids; Bedford College evacuated to Cambridge (World War 2); Demonstrator in Zoology, Bedford College, London (1944-1948); Founder-member of the Biophysics Research Unit, King's College London (set up by the Medical research Council); developed her interest in muscle (from 1948); Biology Department, Massachusetts Institute of Technology, USA (1953-1954) where she collaborated with H E Huxley; returned to Biophysics Research Unit (1954); Professor of Biology, University of London (1966); Director, Muscle Biophysics Unit, King's College, London (1970); contracted a rare brain infection and died within hours
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Membership category | Fellow |
Date of election | 16/03/1967 |
Age at election | 47 |
Relationships | Daughter of Thomas Hanson and his wife Emma Jane Badger, daughter of Superintendent of Police, Derbyshire, both school teachers; unmarried |
Source | Sources: DNB AssocMaterial: CSAC 51/5/77. Papers deposited in King's College Library, London Obituaries: Biographical Memoirs of Fellows of the Royal Society 1975 vol 21 pp 313-344, plate, by Sir John Randall |
Virtual International Authority File | http://viaf.org/viaf/3759048 |
Code | NA7780 |
Archives associated with this Fellow
RefNo | Title | Date |
IM/001930 | Hanson, Emmeline Jean | nd |
EC/1967/13 | Hanson, Emmeline Jean: certificate of election to the Royal Society | |