Guppy, Eileen M. (1903–1980)
Guppy, Eileen M. (1903–1980)
English geologist. Born May 24, 1903, in UK; died Mar 8, 1980; Bedford College, University of London, BS, 1923.
The 1st woman geologist employed by the Geological Survey of Great Britain (1943), was also its 1st woman employee to be made a Member of the Order of the British Empire (1966); after WWII, demoted from assistant geologist (1943–45) to a senior experimental officer due to sexism; was a Petrographical Department assistant (1927–43), an assistant geologist (1943–45) and a senior experimental officer (1945–66) for the Geological Survey of Great Britain. Writings include Chemical Analyses of Igneous Rocks, Metamorphic Rocks and Minerals (1931 and 1956) and Rock Wool (1945 and 2nd edition, 1949).
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