Grace Frankland

Grace Frankland
Born Grace Coleridge Toynbee
4 December 1858
Wimbledon
Died 5 October 1946 (aged 87)
Loch Awe, Argyll
Nationality English
Known for Bacteriology

Grace Coleridge Frankland née Grace Toynbee (4 December 1858 – 5 October 1946)[1] was an English microbiologist. She was the daughter of Harriet and Joseph Toynbee, a noted otologist. She married Percy Frankland in 1882, and with him developed an interest in the emerging science of bacteriology. She worked with both Percy and his father Edward Frankland and was described at the time as having "worthily aided and seconded [Percy]".[2] She co-authored papers with her husband on bacteria and other microorganisms found in the air[3] and water.[4]

In 1903 she wrote a popular science book entitled Bacteria in Daily Life. She was a Fellow of the Royal Microscopical Society,admitted into the Linnean Society of London, and an honorary member of Bedford College.[5]

References

  1. ↑ "Grace Frankland". ODNB.
  2. ↑ Quoted in Rayner-Canham; Marelene F. Rayner-Canham; Geoffrey Rayner-Canham (2008). Chemistry was their life: Pioneer British women chemists, 1880-1949. London: Imperial College Press. p. 424. ISBN 978-1-86094-986-9.
  3. ↑ "Studies on new Micro-organisms obtained from air".
  4. ↑ Frankland, Percy; Frankland, Grace Coleridge Toynbee. "Micro-organisms in water: their significance, identification and removal, together with an account of the bacteriological methods employed in their investigation, specially designed for the use of those connected with the sanitary aspects of water-supply." Longmans, Green, 1894.
  5. ↑ "Bacteria in daily life".

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