Elsa Lewkowitsch
Phyllis Regina Elsa Lewkowitsch (1903–1980), Ph.D., A.R.C.S., was a British research chemist, the daughter of Julius Lewkowitsch and Katherine Julia Morris.[1]
Dr Elsa Lewkowitsch | |
|---|---|
| Born | 1903 |
| Died | 1980 |
| Citizenship | British |
| Alma mater | Department of Chemical Engineering, Imperial College London |
| Scientific career | |
| Fields | Chemistry of oils and fats |
Lewkowitsch was the first female student at the Department of Chemical Engineering, Imperial College London, and graduated top of her year.[2] She continued her father's research into oils and fats, and was a contributor to the 14th edition of the Encyclopædia Britannica (1929–30). In the 1930s she prepared a seventh edition of her father's The Chemical Technology and Analysis of Oils, Fats and Waxes (first edition 1895; sixth edition 1923), but publication was prevented by the Second World War.[3]
By her will she established a bequest to found the Society of Chemical Industry's biennial Julius Lewkowitsch Memorial Lecture in memory of her father.[4]
Publications
- Elsa Lewkowitsch, The ultra-violet absorption spectrum of chlorophyll in alcoholic solution, Biochemical Journal 22/3 (1928); DOI: 10.1042/bj0220777
References
- Dr Lewkowitsch — oils, fats and waxes, Greater London Industrial Archaeology Society Newsletter, August 2007. Accessed 28 February 2016.
- The History of the Department, imperial.ac.uk. Accessed 28 February 2016.
- Frank D. Gunstone, Scientia Gras: A Select History of Fat Science and Technology (AOCS Press, 2000), p. 11.
- Julius Lewkowitsch Memorial Lecture, SCI. Accessed 28 February 2016.
External links
- Photograph of Elsa Lewkowitsch, ca. 1933, Litchfield Collection on the History of Fatty Materials. Accessed 28 February 2016.
- Photograph of Carol Litchfield and Elsa Lewkowitsch, 1974, Litchfield Collection on the History of Fatty Materials. Accessed 28 February 2016.