Honor Fell
Dame Honor Bridget Fell, DBE, FRS (22 May 1900 – 22 April 1986) was a British scientist and zoologist. Her contributions to science included the development of experimental methods in organ culture, tissue culture, and cell biology.
Dame Honor Fell FRS, DBE | |
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| Born | Honor Bridget Fell 22 May 1900 Fowthorpe, near Filey, Yorkshire, England |
| Died | 22 April 1986 (aged 85) Cambridge, England |
| Alma mater | University of Edinburgh |
| Known for | Directing Strangeways Research Laboratory, developing tissue culture technique |
| Awards | American Academy of Arts and Sciences, Grand Prix Charles-Leopold Mayer (French Academy of Sciences), honorary doctorates at several universities |
| Scientific career | |
| Fields | Zoology, physiology, cell biology |
| Institutions | Strangeways Research Laboratory, University of Cambridge |
| Thesis | Histological studies on the gonads of the fowl: the histological basis of sex reversal (1924) |
| Academic advisors | Thomas Strangeways |
| Notable students | Margaret Hurlstone Hardy Fallding |
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