About Elspeth Smith
Lived 1923 – 2017 (aged 94). Elspeth Smith was a biochemist.
Elspeth Bruce Smith FRSE (1923 – 3 October 2017 ), née Dunkerley, was a British academic and biochemist.
Smith was educated at Cambridge, London and Aberdeen.
During World War II she was employed by the Ministry of Aircraft Production.
She was elected a Fellow of the Royal Society of Edinburgh (FRSE).
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Who was Elspeth Smith?
British academic and biochemist
When was Elspeth Smith born?
Elspeth Smith was born on 17 January 1923.
When did Elspeth Smith die?
Elspeth Smith died on 3 October 2017.
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Elspeth Smith was a biochemist.
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Elspeth Smith's recorded nationality: British people.
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