Plaque

Winifred Cullis

Erection date: 18/11/2021

Inscription

Winifred Cullis (1875 - 1956) CBE Physiologist, Sophia Jex-Blake Chair of Physiology, University of London from 1926 - 1941, a pioneer of modern physiological research and in 1919 the first woman to hold a UK university chair in Physiology, as Head of Department at this medical school.
The Physiological Society

Site: Winifred Cullis (1 memorial)

WC1, Hunter Street, 8

Credit for this entry to: Alan Patient of plaquesoflondon.co.uk

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Winifred Cullis

Pioneer of modern physiological research. Held the Sophia Jex-Blake Chair of ...

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Sophia Jex-Blake

Physician and teacher. Born Sophia Louisa Jex-Blake in Hastings. She studied ...

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