Catherine Steele

Catherine Cassels Steele (17 September 1903 – 3 December 1995) was a Scottish scientist who is best known for her expertise in plant biochemistry. She wrote An Introduction to Plant Biochemistry.

Early life and education Steele was the daughter of James Steele, the former headmaster of St Monance school in Fife. where many middle-class women learned horticulture. She later returned to the USA.

Her book An Introduction to Plant Biochemistry was first published in 1934, with a second edition released in 1949. with whom she collaborated on books such as Researches in the Methane Series Part VI and Part VII and The Optically Active Diphenylhydroxyethylamines and isoHydrobenzoins.

Personal life Steele married Louis Hamilton Bock in 1934. Together they had two sons. Steele died on 3 December 3, 1995 in Lacey, Washington.