Muriel Bristol

Muriel Bristol
Born(1888-04-21)21 April 1888
Croydon, Surrey, England
Died15 March 1950(1950-03-15) (aged 61)
Bristol, Gloucestershire, England
Other namesBlanche Muriel Bristol-Roach
Known forSubject of the "lady tasting tea experiment"
Scientific career
FieldsPhycology

Blanche Muriel Bristol (21 April 1888 – 15 March 1950) was a British phycologist who worked at Rothamsted Research (then Rothamsted Experimental Station) in 1919.[1] Her research focused on the mechanisms by which algae acquire nutrients.[2]

  1. ^ Daniel F. Jackson, Algae, Man, and the Environment: Proceedings of an International Symposium (1969) [1]
  2. ^ B. Muriel Bristol Roach, "On the Carbon Nutrition of Some Algae Isolated from Soil". Annals of Botany, vol. 41, no. 163 (1927): 509-17. [2]