Pioneer of modern physiological research. Held the Sophia Jex-Blake Chair of Physiology, University of London, 1926-41, the first woman to hold a UK professorial chair at a medical school.
Born in Gloucester. Died at her home, Vincent House, Pembridge Square.
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Winifred Cullis
Winifred Cullis (1875 - 1956) CBE Physiologist, Sophia Jex-Blake Chair of Phy...
Born Lancashire. Mother of Christabel, Sylvia, Henry (known as Frank, died aged 4), Adela and Henry (Harry). 1886 the family moved from Manchester to Hampstead Road, London, where she ran a fancy ...
Person, Gender Issues, Politics & Administration, Seriously Famous
Suffragette. Nicknamed 'The General' for her habit of leading Women's Rights marches wearing a military style uniform 'with an officers cap and epaulettes' and riding on a large horse. Drummond was...
The first qualified female supersonic pilot and the first to fly Concorde. Born at the house with the plaque, she was raised in Bognor Regis and left school aged 15 to become a hairdresser but the...
Suffragette. Born Manchester, daughter of Emmeline, her eldest child and her favourite. Moved to America in 1939 and died in California.
American writer who was the first African-American author of a published book of poetry. Her name can also be given as Phillis Wheatley Peters or Phyllis or Wheatly. Born in West Africa, she was s...
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