Marjory Stephenson, Date of Birth, Place of Birth, Date of Death

Marjory Stephenson

British biochemist

Date of Birth: 24-Jan-1885

Place of Birth: Burwell, England, United Kingdom

Date of Death: 12-Dec-1948

Profession: chemist, biochemist, microbiologist

Nationality: United Kingdom

Zodiac Sign: Aquarius

Marjory Stephenson, MBE, FRS (24 January 1885 – 12 December 1948) was a British biochemist.
In 1945, she was one of the first two women (the other being Kathleen Lonsdale) elected a Fellow of the Royal Society.She wrote Bacterial Metabolism (1930), which ran to three editions and was a standard textbook for generations of microbiologists.
A founder of the Society for General Microbiology, she also served as its second president.
In 1953, the Society established the Marjory Stephenson Memorial Lecture (now the Marjory Stephenson Prize Lecture) in her memory.
This is the Society's principal prize, awarded biennially for an outstanding contribution of current importance in microbiology.