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and she obtained special permission to be credited on a joint paper as she lacked the qualifications normally required. She eventually obtained a degree in Physics and Chemistry in 1947 from
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She had intended to study medicine but the war meant that she had to work whilst studying at the Chelsea Polytechnic. She started a lifelong collaboration with
446: 421: 78: 122:. In 1939 the whole school was evacuated from London with no forward planning for where the school would stay. Watkins returned to London after a year. 456: 114:, London, England. Her father worked as an engraver but he was an artist in his spare time. She took to science after she won a scholarship to 466: 99: 317: 196: 33: 374: 341: 451: 168:
Following her publication of an important paper that explained the biosynthesis of blood groups she was funded to work at the
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She was working on the science of blood and blood groups and she joined a specialist group at the
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Medical School she obtained a doctorate in biochemistry from the
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by the Royal Society in 1988. She was a member of the
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Shepherd's Bush
Paul Ehrlich and Ludwig Darmstaedter Prize
FRS
biochemist
Imperial College School of Medicine
Shepherd's Bush
The Godolphin and Latymer School for Girls
Hammersmith
Walter Morgan
London University
St Bartholomew's Hospital
University of London
Lister Institute
Reader
University of London
Professor
University of California
blood transfusion
Fellow of the Royal Society
Royal Medal
Royal Swedish Academy of Sciences





"Obituary: Winifred May Watkins (1924–2003)"
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10.1042/BIO02603056

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