Doris Mackinnon

Doris Mackinnon
Portrait of a woman in her 30s
Born(1883-09-30)30 September 1883
Aberdeen, Scotland
Died10 September 1956(1956-09-10) (aged 72)
Scientific career
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Thesis Studies on protozoa

Doris Mackinnon (30 September 1883 – 10 September 1956) was a Scottish zoologist and academic. Her area of research was parasitic protozoa.

In 1927, she was appointed as Chair of Zoology at King's College London becoming the first woman at the College to hold the position of Chair.