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[[File:|300px|Rosalind Pitt-Rivers]]
Rosalind Pitt-Rivers
(4 March 1907 – 14 January 1990) was a British
biochemist
, whose research focused mainly on the
thyroid gland
.
In 1954, she was elected
a
fellow of the Royal Society
. She was made a fellow of Bedford College, London, in 1973, an honorary fellow of the
Royal Society of Medicine
in 1983, and an honorary fellow of the
Royal College of Physicians
in 1986.
Photograph credit:
National Institute for Medical Research
; restored by
Adam Cuerden
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