| Mary C. Pangborn | |
|---|---|
.png) In the Springfield Daily Republican, March 21, 1927 | |
| Born | (1907-08-13)August 13, 1907 Brooklyn, New York, US |
| Died | February 20, 2003(2003-02-20) (aged 95) |
| Education | Smith College |
| Occupation(s) | Scientist, writer |
| Relatives | Edgar Pangborn (brother) |
Mary C. Pangborn (August 13, 1907 – February 20, 2003) was an American scientist and writer of science fiction.
Biography
Born in Brooklyn, Pangborn attended the Friends School. She graduated from high school at age 14, and entered Smith College a year later. While there she received the Frances A. Hause prize for excellence in chemistry and was elected to Phi Beta Kappa.
She discovered the biologically important lipid cardiolipin and published a number of pieces of short fiction in noted anthologies and in The Magazine of Fantasy & Science Fiction. Her only novel, Friar Bacon's Head, remained unpublished as of her death. Science fiction author Edgar Pangborn was her younger brother.
References
- "Local College Student Honored". The Springfield Daily Republican. March 21, 1927. p. 5. Retrieved September 24, 2024 – via Newspapers.com.
- Pangborn M. (1942). "Isolation and purification of a serologically active phospholipid from beef heart". J. Biol. Chem. 143: 247–256. doi:10.1016/S0021-9258(18)72683-5.
- Davis Nicoll, James (June 18, 2018). "Fighting Erasure: Women SF Writers of the 1970s, Part VIII". Tor.com. Retrieved June 19, 2018.
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