Catherine Steele
Catherine Cassels Steele | |
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Born | University of Illinois Harvard University | 17 September 1903
Known for | Expertise in plant biochemistry |
Spouse | Louis Hamilton Bock |
Catherine Cassels Steele (17 September 1903 – 3 December 1995) was a Scottish scientist who is best known for her expertise in plant biochemistry.[1] She wrote An Introduction to Plant Biochemistry.[2]
Early life and education
Steele was the daughter of James Steele, the former headmaster of
In 1920, Steele entered the
Professional life
Steele taught at the Ladies' Branch of the Horticultural College, Swanley, Kent (later the Swanley Horticultural College) in the 1930s[3] where many middle-class women learned horticulture.[4] She later returned to the USA.
Her book An Introduction to Plant Biochemistry was first published in 1934, with a second edition released in 1949.[2] The book aims to assist botany students with no training in organic chemistry for studies of plant biochemistry. Steele wrote the book following support from Professor John Read[5] with whom she collaborated on books such as Researches in the Methane Series Part VI and Part VII and The Optically Active Diphenylhydroxyethylamines and isoHydrobenzoins.[6]
Personal life
Steele married Louis Hamilton Bock in 1934.[7] Together they had two sons.[8] Steele died on 3 December 3, 1995 in Lacey, Washington.[1]
See also
References
- ^ a b c d e f "Steele biography". www-history.mcs.st-andrews.ac.uk. Retrieved 28 March 2017.
- ^ a b Steele, Catherine Cassels (1 January 1949). An introduction to plant biochemistry (2nd ed.). Bell.
- S2CID 21613726.
- JSTOR 1587402.
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- ^ "Steele, Catherine Cassels (WorldCat Identities)". Retrieved 28 July 2020.
- ^ "Student's Romance in U.S.: St Andrews Graduate Married in University Chapel." The Scotsman. (May 24, 1934).
- ^ Birth Announcements. The Scotsman. October 20, 1939 and February 27, 1942.