Mary Corner

Mary Corner
Mary Corner
Born	1899
Died	4 November 1962 (aged 62–63)
Nationality	British
Occupation	Chemist
Known for	She was a founding member of the Microchemical Club.

Mary Corner (25 March 1899 – 4 November 1962), was a pharmacist, a worker in the British Cotton Industry and British Leather Manufacturers, Head of the Micro-analytical Section of the Chemical Research Laboratory, Vice-Chairman of the Microchemistry group and a founding member of the Microchemical Club.

Early life and education

Mary Corner was educated at Beulah House High School, Balham, London.[1] As a child, Corner had an "unfortunate accident" and "burdened with a severe disability, and she had, in addition, more than the usual share of suffering and trouble."[1]

Career

'The Towers' - where Corner worked for the British Cotton Industry Research Association

During the First World War, Mary worked in a pharmacy, entering Battersea Polytechnic a forerunner of the University of Surrey, in 1922 and graduating in 1927.[1]

She obtained a position with the British Cotton Industry Research Association in Didsbury, Manchester, in 1928,[1] working initially in the rayon department where she developed a fascination with microanalysis[1] which resulted in a promotion to Head of the Microanalytical Section.[1] Then, in 1945, she obtained a similar post with the British Leather Manufacturers' Research Association.[1]

Two years later, Corner was invited to become Head of the newly formed Microanalytical Section of the Chemical Research Laboratory (later the National Chemical Laboratory).[1]

In the 1930s, she became a founder member of the Microchemical Club (to be later joined by Isabel Hadfield).[1]

In 1953, she was elected an Ordinary Member of the Council for the Society of Public Analysts and Analytical Chemists.[2]

Death

At the time of her death on 4 November 1962, she was Vice Chairmen of the Microchemistry Group of the Society for Analytical Chemistry.[1]

References

Rayner-Canham, Marelene F.; Rayner-Canham, Geoffrey (2008). Chemistry Was Their Life: Pioneering British Women Chemists, 1880-1949. Imperial College Press. ISBN 9781860949876.
"Proceedings of the Society of Public Analysts and other Analytical Chemists". Analyst. 78 (926): 262. 1953-01-01. Bibcode:1953Ana....78..262.. doi:10.1039/AN9537800262. ISSN 1364-5528.

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[:0-1] Rayner-Canham, Marelene F.; Rayner-Canham, Geoffrey (2008). Chemistry Was Their Life: Pioneering British Women Chemists, 1880-1949. Imperial College Press. ISBN 9781860949876.

[2] "Proceedings of the Society of Public Analysts and other Analytical Chemists". Analyst. 78 (926): 262. 1953-01-01. Bibcode:1953Ana....78..262.. doi:10.1039/AN9537800262. ISSN 1364-5528.