Kathleen Yardley Lonsdale (1903-1971)
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Creator: Livingstone, F. C
Form/Genre: Black-and-white photographs
Date: 1968
Citation: Smithsonian Institution Archives, Accession 90-105, Science Service Records, Image No. SIA2008-5424
Irish-born chemist Kathleen Yardley Lonsdale (1903-1971) was made Dame Commander of the Order of the British Empire in 1956 for her work in x-ray crystallography; in 1968, she became the first woman elected as President of the British Association for the Advancement of Science (BAAS). The caption to this photograph taken by F.C. Livingstone said that "Dame Lonsdale was the wee grandmother who is the new president of the BAAS.
Smithsonian Institution Archives, Accession 90-105, Science Service Records, Image No. SIA2008-5424
Smithsonian Institution Archives, Capital Gallery, Suite 3000, MRC 507; 600 Maryland Avenue, SW; Washington, DC 20024-2520
1968
Black-and-white photographs
SIA Acc. 90-105 [SIA2008-5424]