Margarete Furcht
Margarete Furcht | |
|---|---|
| Born | 10 November 1879 |
| Died | 12 February 1976 (aged 96) London, England |
Margarete Furcht (also Margaret and Margarethe) (10 November 1879 – 12 February 1976) was an Austrian-born British chemist, the daughter of a Jewish stockbroker. She was the first female chemist to obtain a doctoral degree certificate in Austria-Hungary.[1]
Furcht fled Austria after the Anschluss, settling in London, and was declared exempt from internment on 30 November 1939.[2] She was living that year in Islington.[3]
Furcht died on 12 February 1976 in London, aged 96.[4]
References
- ↑ Werner Soukup, Rudolf; Rosner, Robert (2019). "Scientific contributions of the first female chemists at the University of Vienna mirrored in publications in Chemical Monthly 1902–1919". Monatshefte für Chemie - Chemical Monthly. 150 (5): 961–974. doi:10.1007/s00706-019-02408-4. S2CID 155993112.
- ↑ UK, World War II Alien Internees, 1939-1945 for Margarethe Furcht
- ↑ "1939 England and Wales Register". Ancestry. Retrieved 30 March 2023.
- ↑ "England & Wales, Civil Registration Death Index, 1916-2007". Ancestry. Retrieved 30 March 2023.
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