Anna MacGillivray Macleod | |
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| Born | 15 May 1917 Kirkhill, Scotland |
| Died | 13 August 2004 (aged 87) Edinburgh, Scotland |
| Education | Invergordon Academy Edinburgh Ladies' College |
| Alma mater | University of Edinburgh |
| Known for | authority on brewing and distillation world's first female Professor of Brewing and Biochemistry |
| Awards | Horace Brown medal |
| Scientific career | |
| Fields | biochemistry, botany, brewing |
| Institutions | Heriot-Watt University |
| Doctoral students | Geoff Palmer |
Anna MacGillivray Macleod (15 May 1917 – 13 August 2004) was a Scottish biochemist and academic, an authority on brewing and distilling. She was a professor at Heriot-Watt University in Edinburgh. She was the world's first female Professor of Brewing and Biochemistry.[1]
- ^ Catharine M. C. Haines; Helen M. Stevens (2001). International Women in Science: A Biographical Dictionary to 1950. ABC-CLIO. p. 190. ISBN 978-1-57607-090-1.