Georgiana Bonser

Georgiana Bonser
Born	Georgiana May Duthie (1898-05-05)5 May 1898 Manchester, England
Died	9 June 1979(1979-06-09) (aged 81)
Education	Manchester High School for Girls Manchester University King's College Hospital
Known for	Manchester Royal Infirmary's first woman house surgeon Developing strains of inbred mice Research in cancer-causing effects of soot, aromatic amines, food additives First woman chairman of the Leeds Division of the British Medical Association
Medical career
Profession	Physician
Field	Oncology
Institutions	Manchester Royal Infirmary University of Leeds Leeds General Infirmary Pontefract General Hospital St James’s Hospital
Research	Cancer

Georgiana May Bonser (née Duthie; 5 May 1898 – 9 June 1979) was a British physician and researcher in cancer at the University of Leeds, and consultant at St James’s Hospital. She was Manchester Royal Infirmary's first woman house surgeon and later the first woman chairman of the Leeds Division of the British Medical Association.

Bonser's early research focussed on lung cancer in Leeds, hereditary factors in breast cancer, and testicular cancer in York's blast furnace workers. She developed strains of inbred mice and led early investigations into whether chemicals used in the dyeing industry caused bladder cancer. Later, the UK government asked her to look at the risk of cancers from food additives and preservatives.

Between 1959 and 1960, Bonser was president of the Medical Women's Federation. Following her retirement in 1963, she continued to be involved at her university's cancer research centre and in the breast clinic at Leeds General Infirmary. In 1966, she delivered the Goulstonian Lecture.