Anne Chamney

Anne Rosemary Chamney
Born16 April 1931
Amersham
Died9 December 2008
Totteridge, London
NationalityBritish
Occupation(s)Medical engineer, inventor
Parents
  • Ronald Martin Chamney (father)
  • Eleanor Margery Hampshire (mother)

Anne Rosemary Chamney CEng MIMechE (16 April 1931 – 9 December 2008)[1] was a British mechanical engineer specialising in medical equipment.[2] She is best known for her invention of a novel oxygen tent which was much cheaper than existing tents, much lighter and therefore easier to transport.[2]

  1. ^ "Anne Chamney". www.thegazette.co.uk. Retrieved 24 June 2020.
  2. ^ a b Stanley, Autumn (1995). Mothers and Daughters of Invention: Notes for a Revised History of Technology. Rutgers University Press. ISBN 978-0-8135-2197-8.