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Janet Vaughan

British physiologist and radiobiologist (1899-1993) · United Kingdom · On the map · Doctors · Died at 93

Dame Janet Maria Vaughan, Mrs Gourlay, was a British physiologist, academic, and academic administrator. She researched haematology and radiation pathology. From 1945 to 1967, she served as Principal of Somerville College, Oxford.

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1993Died9 January 19931979Fellow of the Royal SocietyAward1957Dame Commander of the Order of the British EmpireAward1944Officer of the Order of the British EmpireAward1899Born18 October 1899

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Fellow of the Royal Society1979
Dame Commander of the Order of the British Empire1957
Officer of the Order of the British Empire1944

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Lived 1899 to 1993 · aged 93