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After she separated from Pitt-Rivers in 1937, she returned to study and gained a PhD in biochemistry from
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Gross, J.; Pitt-Rivers, R. (1952). "The Identification of 3:5:3'-L-Triiodothyronine in Human Plasma".
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at the age of thirteen. Her interest in chemistry began at the age of twelve when an uncle gave her a
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in this position, all three names inextricably linked with the discovery of the thyroid hormone
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Haines, Catherine M. C.; Stevens, Helen M. (2001). "Pitt-Rivers, Rosalind Venetia".
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During their marriage, her husband had become increasingly pro-eugenics and
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Pitt-Rivers was born Rosalind Venetia Henley on 4 March 1907 at 18
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in 1952, she gained international recognition. She was elected a
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People educated at Notting Hill & Ealing High School
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Henley; 4 March 1907 – 14 January 1990) was a British
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Biographical Memoirs of Fellows of the Royal Society
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Hinton St Mary
Sturminster Newton
Dorset
Bedford College
George Pitt-Rivers
FRS
Biochemistry
National Institute for Medical Research
FRS
nÊe
biochemist
Jack Gross
triiodothyronine
Mansfield Street
London
5th Lancers
Anthony Henley, 3rd Baron Henley
Lord Stanley of Alderley
Notting Hill High School
chemistry set
Bedford College
University of London
first class honours
George Pitt-Rivers
eugenicist
Augustus Pitt Rivers
the anthropology museum named after him
Oxford
Michael
Julian

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