Phyllis Margaret Tookey Kerridge

Phyllis Margaret Tookey Kerridge
Born
Phyllis Margaret Tookey

April 1901
Bromley, Kent, England
Died22 June 1940
NationalityBritish
Occupation(s)Physiologist, chemist
Years active1922–1940
Known forInventing the miniature pH electrode
Improving the Bragg-Paul pulsator (used for artificial respiration)
Developing audiometric standards for hearing tests
Notable workThe Use of the Glass Electrode in Biochemistry
Principles of physical chemistry for medical students
Tests for the hearing of speech by deaf people
SpouseWilliam Kerridge

Phyllis Margaret Tookey Kerridge (April 1901 – 22 June 1940) was a chemist and physiologist. She is notable for creating the miniature pH electrode, her work on artificial respiration, and her pioneering work shaping the discipline of audiometry.[1]

  1. ^ Virdi McGuire, Jaipreet Coreen (13 December 2017). "Phyllis M Tookey Kerridge and the science of audiometric standardization in Britain" (PDF). British Journal for the History of Science. 51 (1): 123–146. doi:10.1017/S0007087417000929. hdl:1983/8c09f99c-097a-43a1-a44e-f35a18403a4c. PMID 29233232. S2CID 3737458.