White, Margaret (c. 1888–1977)

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White, Margaret (c. 1888–1977)

English meteorologist. Name variations: Margaret White Fishenden. Born Margaret White, c. 1888, in UK; died 1977; University of Manchester, MS, 1910 and DSc, 1919.

Was a lecturer at Howard Estate Observatory (1910–11) and University of Manchester (1911–16); headed research team of Manchester Corporation's Air Pollution Advisory Board (1916–22); presented papers on meteorology at British Association for the Advancement of Science's annual meetings (1907, 1911).

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