Patricia Lindop
Patricia Joyce Lindop
Early life and family
Patricia Lindop was born on 21 June 1930, the second child of Elliot D. Lindop and Dorothy Jones.
Career
Lindop was one of the first women to win a place to study medicine at
Later, Lindop became professor of radiation biology at St Bartholomew's but not before facing opposition to the appointment of a woman to the post.[1][5]
Lindop organised at least 100 "Pugwash" conferences with Rotblat, who had worked on the Manhattan Project to develop nuclear weapons during the Second World War but became vehemently opposed to them after seeing their effects on Japan.[1][6] The Pugwash movement was a group of scientists who campaigned for nuclear disarmament and Lindop often held meetings of Pugwashites, as they are known, at her home in Hampstead, London.[1]
She was elected a fellow of the Royal College of Physicians in 1977 (member, 1956).[2] She was chairman of Thames Liquid Fuels (Holdings) Limited from 1992.[2]
Later life
Lindop suffered a stroke at the age of 50 that restricted her movement and ability to speak, effectively ending her academic career. A more severe stroke in 1993 left her confined to a wheelchair and unable to move her mouth. She died on 1 February 2018.[1]
References
- ^ a b c d e f g h Professor Patricia Lindop. The Times, 10 February 2018. Retrieved 15 February 2018. (subscription required)
- ^ a b c d Lindop, Prof. Patricia Joyce, (Mrs G. P. R. Esdale). Who's Who 2018. Retrieved 15 February 2018. (subscription required)
- ISBN 978-0-19-958658-5.
- ^ "Joseph Rotblat: The Road Less Traveled" by Susan Landau in Bulletin of the Atomic Scientists, January 1996, pp. 46–54.
- ISBN 978-0-85115-919-5.
- ^ Sir Joseph Rotblat, G.O. Jones, The Guardian, 2 September 2005. Retrieved 15 February 2018.