Mary Pickford (physiologist)

Lillian Mary Pickford
FRS FRSE
Pickford in 1990
Born14 August 1902
Jabalpur, India
Died14 August 2002(2002-08-14) (aged 100)
NationalityBritish
Known forNeuroendocrinology

Lillian Mary Pickford FRS FRSE (14 August 1902 – 14 August 2002) was a pioneering British neuroendocrinologist.[1][2][3] She was the first woman to be elected to the Pharmacological Society and the first woman appointed to a medical professorship at the University of Edinburgh.[1][4]

  1. ^ a b Morrison, John (27 August 2002). "Mary Pickford. Pioneer of endocrinology". The Guardian. Retrieved 22 October 2012.
  2. ^ Silver, Ann (2004). "Pickford, (Lillian) Mary (1902–2002)". Oxford Dictionary of National Biography (online ed.). Oxford University Press. doi:10.1093/ref:odnb/77182. Retrieved 22 October 2012. (Subscription or UK public library membership required.)
  3. ^ "PICKFORD, Prof. (Lillian) Mary". Who Was Who. Oxford University Press. Retrieved 22 October 2012.
  4. ^ "Professor Mary Pickford". The Telegraph. 23 August 2002.