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Ida Maclean

Ida MacLean, British biochemist, the first woman admitted to the London Chemical Society (died 1944)

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Born
June 14, 1877
Died
March 2, 1944
Zodiac sign
Gemini
Birth year
1877

About Ida Maclean

Ida MacLean, British biochemist, the first woman admitted to the London Chemical Society (died 1944) Ida Maclean (nee Smedley; 14 June 1877 – 2 March 1944) was an English biochemist and the first woman admitted to the London Chemical Society. In 1906 Maclean became an assistant lecturer in at the chemistry department of Manchester University, the department's first woman staff member. She was educated at King Edward VI High School for Girls, Birmingham from 1886 to 1896, when she won a scholarship and began her studies at Newnham College, Cambridge.

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  1. Ida Maclean (nee Smedley; 14 June 1877 – 2 March 1944) was an English biochemist and the first woman admitted to the London Chemical Society.
  2. She was educated at King Edward VI High School for Girls, Birmingham from 1886 to 1896, when she won a scholarship and began her studies at Newnham College, Cambridge.
  3. In 1906 Maclean became an assistant lecturer in at the chemistry department of Manchester University, the department's first woman staff member.

The world when Ida Maclean was born

Ida Maclean was born in 1877. The year snapshot below places that birthday in its cultural and historical setting: the music and films people were following, the headlines shaping public life, and the everyday prices families encountered.

Headlines and milestones

  • Top headlineReconstruction ends — federal troops leave the South
  • Technology milestoneThomas Edison invents the phonograph
  • Notable inventionPhonograph — talking machine
  • World population~1.57B

United States snapshot

  • U.S. leaderRutherford B. Hayes
  • U.S. population44.2M

1877 versus 2026

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Measure18772026
Population44.2M341 million

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