# Fame.am profile — machine-readable export
# Canonical URL: https://fame.am/person/dorothy-m-needham
# Generated: 2026-08-14T17:51:46.737Z

schema: https://schema.org/Person
url: "https://fame.am/person/dorothy-m-needham"
name: "Dorothy M. Needham"
slug: "dorothy-m-needham"
description: "Dorothy Mary Moyle Needham FRS was an English biochemist known for her work on the biochemistry of muscle. She was married to biochemist Joseph Needham."
tagline: "English biochemist (1896-1987)"
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birthDate: "1896-09-22"
deathDate: "1987-12-22"
livingStatus: "DECEASED"
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# bio (long form, separated for readability)
bio: |
  Imported from discovery source: wikidata-dump