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Dorothy Mary Moyle Needham

1896 - 1987

Born

22 September 1896

London, England

Died

22/12/1987

Her home at 42 Grange Road, Cambridge, England

Nationality
British
Gender
Female
Date of election for Royal Society fellowship
18/03/1948
Occupation
Biochemist
Relationships
Parents: John Thomas Moyle, a civil servant at the Patent Office, and Ellen Daves. Spouse: (1924) Joseph Needham (FRS 1941). The Needhams became the Royal Society's first married couple.