Julia Bell

For the British author, see Julia Bell (author).
Not to be confused with Julie Bell.

Julia Bell
Born(1879-01-28)28 January 1879
Sherwood, Nottinghamshire, England
Died26 April 1979(1979-04-26) (aged 100)
London, England
EducationGirton College, Cambridge; Trinity College, Dublin; London School of Medicine for Women; London School of Medicine for Women (Royal Free Hospital)
Known forStatistical investigations of the inheritance of anomalies and diseases
AwardsWeldon Memorial Prize (1941)
Scientific career
FieldsGenetics eugenics
InstitutionsUniversity College London, Medical Research Council
Academic advisorsKarl Pearson

Julia Bell MA Dubl (1901) MRCS LRCP (1920) MRCP (1926) FRCP (1938)[1] (28 January 1879 – 26 April 1979) was one of the pioneers of eugenics and human genetics.[2][3] Her early career as a statistical assistant to Karl Pearson (1857–1936) marked the beginning of a lifelong professional association with the Galton Laboratory for National Eugenics (renamed the Department of Human Genetics and Biometry in 1966) at University College London. Bell's work as a human geneticist was based on her statistical investigations into the inheritance of anomalies and diseases of the eye, nervous diseases, muscular dystrophies, and digital anomalies.[4]

  1. ^ "Julia Bell | RCP Museum". history.rcplondon.ac.uk. Retrieved 9 February 2024.
  2. ^ Robson, Elizabeth B. (13 September 1979). "Obituary: Julia Bell". Nature. 281 (5727): 163–164. Bibcode:1979Natur.281..163R. doi:10.1038/281163b0.
  3. ^ Greta Jones, 'Bell, Julia (1879–1979)', Oxford Dictionary of National Biography, Oxford University Press, Sept 2004; online edn, Jan 2008 accessed 10 May 2008
  4. ^ "Obituary: Julia Bell". The Lancet. 313 (8126): 1152–1154. 1979. doi:10.1016/s0140-6736(79)91838-5. ISSN 0140-6736.