Hilda Ingold
Edith Hilda, Lady Ingold | |
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Martha Whiteley |
Edith Hilda, Lady Ingold (née Usherwood; 21 May 1898 – 1988) was a British chemist based in Leeds and London. Her career was unfairly overshadowed by that of her husband. She failed to gain much public recognition, despite being an innovative chemist and partner to her husband in his work on organic chemistry.[1][2] She was known as Lady Ingold following her husband's knighthood.
Early life
Edith Hilda Usherwood was born into a working-class family in Catford (south-east London).[3]
Education
She attended a girls' grammar school in Lewisham, and then had two years of private education in Horsham. She then moved to the North London Collegiate School after being awarded a Clothworker's Scholarship.
As an undergraduate at
Her subsidiary subject was physics and this led to her research in physical organic chemistry and quantum mechanics.[3] Following completion of her PhD she went on to complete a DSc.
She was president of the UCL Chemical and Physical society during the 1976-1977 academic year, one of the oldest and most prestigious societies at the university.[citation needed]
Personal life
She married fellow Chemistry student Christopher Kelk Ingold in 1923 and went on to have three children. They had two daughters and a son, the chemist Keith Ingold.[6]
References
- ISBN 978-1-84973-324-3.
- ISBN 978-0-262-52424-7.
- ^ ISBN 978-1-78634-264-5.
- ^ "100 Years of the PhD in the UK" (PDF). Vitae.ac.uk. Retrieved 9 April 2018.
- ^ Henry, Rzepa (13 November 2011). "The dawn of organic reaction mechanism: the prequel". Henry Rzepa. Retrieved 1 November 2017.
- ISBN 978-0-520-08210-6.
