Margaret Fishenden

Margaret White (24 February 1889 – 21 October 1977), also known as Margaret White Fishenden, was a British meteorologist and industrial researcher.

Biography Margaret Fishenden White was born in Altrincham, near Manchester on 24 February 1889 to organist Richard William White and Sarah Elizabeth White (née Broadbent) (b. 1852). She was the third of four children.

Education She was educated by governesses until being awarded a scholarship to attend Manchester Municipal Secondary School at the age of thirteen. In 1905 she gained a first-class matriculation which enabled her to enter the University of Manchester. She received the Higginbottom scholarship in 1907 and in 1909 graduated with a first-class honours degree in physics.

White obtained a Master of Science degree from the University of Manchester in 1910 and was elected Beyer fellow of the university. She was awarded a Doctorate of Science from the University of Manchester in 1919.

As well as a strong academic link, White maintained links with industry throughout her career and served on fifteen industrial committees, two of which she chaired.

The Margaret Fishenden Centenary Memorial Prize is given in her memory to the best PhD thesis over the previous five year period at Imperial College.

Personal life White married Richard Bertie Fishenden (1880 - 1956) in 1915 and gave birth to her son, Richard Martin in 1917. In 1932 she divorced from Richard Fishenden and chose not to remarry. White Fishenden, Margaret (1921) The Efficiency of Low Temperature Coke in Domestic Appliances. London. Her Majesty's Stationery Office. White Fishenden, Margaret (192e) The Domestic Grate (an experimental investigation of the relation between the design of a grate and the heat radiated into a room. London. Her Majesty's Stationery Office. White Fishenden, Margaret (1925) House Heating. H F & G Witherby