Helen Porter
British botanist (1899-1987) / From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
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For the Canadian author and activist, see Helen Fogwill Porter.
Prof Helen Kemp Porter later Mrs Huggett FRS FRSE (10 November 1899 – 7 December 1987) was a British botanist from Imperial College London. She was a Fellow of the Royal Society and the first female professor at Imperial College London. Her studies of polysaccharide metabolism in tobacco plants were groundbreaking; she was one of the first British scientists to use the innovative technologies of chromatography and radioactive tracers.
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Helen Kemp Archbold | |
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Born | 10 November 1899 Farnham, Surrey, England |
Died | 7 December 1987(1987-12-07) (aged 88) |
Alma mater | Bedford College, University of London and Imperial College London |
Known for | Studies of polysaccharide metabolism in plants |
Scientific career | |
Fields | Biology, botany |
Institutions | Imperial College London |
Thesis | (1932) |
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