Gladys W. Royal | |
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Died | November 9, 2002 | (aged 76)
Occupation | biochemist |
Gladys W. Royal (August 29, 1926 – November 9, 2002) is one of a small number of early African-American biochemists.[1] Part of one of the few African-American husband-and-wife teams in science, Gladys worked with George C. Royal on research supported by the United States Atomic Energy Commission. She later worked for many years as principal biochemist at the Cooperative State Research Service of the U.S. Department of Agriculture. Royal was also active in the civil rights movement in Greensboro, North Carolina.