Margaret White (meteorologist)
For other uses, see Margaret White.
| Margaret White Fishenden | |
|---|---|
| Born |
Margaret White 1889 United Kingdom |
| Died | 1977 |
| Nationality | British |
| Occupation |
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| Known for | Author of The coal fire industrial research |
Margaret White (1889-1977), also known as Margaret White Fishenden, was a British meteorologist and industrial researcher.
White obtained Master of Science degree from the University of Manchester in 1910. She lectured at the Howard Estate Observatory, Glossop, from 1910 to 1911 and then at the University of Manchester from 1911 to 1916. She was awarded a Doctorate of Science from same university in 1919.[1]
From 1916 to 1922 she was head of Manchester Corporation's Air Pollution Advisory Board's research team.[1] Her work during this time included the publication of The coal fire, the work for which she is best known.[2][3]
Selected bibliography
- White Fishenden, Margaret (1920). The coal fire: a research / by Margaret White Fishenden for the Manchester Corporation Air Pollution Advisory Board. London: Her Majesty's Stationery Office.[3]
- White Fishenden, Margaret; Saunders, Owen Alfred (1950). An introduction to heat transfer / by M.Fishenden and O.A.Saunders. Oxford: Clarendon Press.[3]
References
- 1 2 Stevenson, Julie (2004). "Fishenden [née White], Margaret (1889–1977), industrial researcher". Oxford Dictionary of National Biography. Retrieved 2 August 2016.
- ↑ "THE OPEN FIRE". The Daily News. Perth. 26 March 1921. p. 4. Retrieved 2 August 2016.
- 1 2 3 "National Library of Australia catalogue. Search for 'author:"Fishenden, Margaret White"'". National Library of Australia. Retrieved 2 August 2016.
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