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Category Archives: When they worked

Gladys Trim

M. Sterne, Gladys Trim November 1970, Journal of Medical Microbiology 3: 649-654

Gladys Trim (1915-?) started work in the Veterinary Department at the Wellcome Laboratories aged 15. Initially she was not doing technical work but helping other
women in the office with the filing. After 42 years she had worked her way up to senior technician with her name included on several publications.

Posted byAndy ConnellyOctober 14, 2018January 4, 2022Posted in20th century, Biology, Location, London, Subject area, UK, When they workedLeave a comment on Gladys Trim

Blanche Lawrence

Blanche Lawrence. Image from the September 1949 edition of the magazine Ebony.

Blanche J. Lawrence (1921-?) graduated from Tuskegee University before going on to work as a technician and then junior chemist on the Manhattan Project.

Posted byAndy ConnellyOctober 10, 2018January 4, 2022Posted in20th century, Biology, Chemistry, Location, Subject area, USA, When they worked2 Comments on Blanche Lawrence

Irène Curie

Irene Curie on a mobile x-ray unit, 1916 (unknown source)

Irène Curie (1897-1956) was the daughter of Pierre and Marie Curie. Hers was a glittering scientific career that started when she was an X-ray radiographer in WW1.

Posted byAndy ConnellyOctober 8, 2018January 4, 2022Posted in20th century, Chemistry, France, Location, Medicine, Physics, Subject area, When they worked1 Comment on Irène Curie

Den Busby

Dennis Busby, 1969 & 2013 (Archives of the NIMR at Mill Hill and Mr Busby)

Den Busby (1919-?) worked at the National Institute for Medical Research from the age of 15. He started work there in 1934 so his career spanned a time of great change for science technicians with improving conditions and a breaking down of old social barriers in the laboratory.

Posted byAndy ConnellyOctober 8, 2018January 4, 2022Posted in21st century, Biology, Location, London, Subject area, UK, When they worked3 Comments on Den Busby

Gareth Griffiths – a steely technician

Cape point, Gareth Griffiths

Gareth is a sculpture technician at the University of Leeds in the School of Design. He helps students bring three-dimensional fruition to their treasured ideas; ideas that until then have only ever existed in their heads. This is his #TechnicianJourney.

Posted byAndy ConnellyAugust 17, 2018August 17, 2018Posted in21st century, Leeds, Location, Sculpture, Subject area, UK, When they workedLeave a comment on Gareth Griffiths – a steely technician

Caroline Herschel: technician to the stars

Caroline Herschel (1750-1848)

Caroline Herschel (1750-1848) was an assistant to her brother William Herschel and a successful comet hunter in her own right. She was the first salaried female in the history of astronomy.

Posted byAndy ConnellyAugust 17, 2018January 4, 2022Posted in18th century, Astronomy, Germany, Location, London, Subject area, UK, When they workedLeave a comment on Caroline Herschel: technician to the stars

Clarence Dally: a technician in trouble

Clarence M. Dally

Clarence Dally (1865-1904) was a glass blower and assistant to Edison in his work on X-rays. His was one of the first deaths attributed to the effects of X-rays.

Posted byAndy ConnellyAugust 17, 2018January 4, 2022Posted in20th century, Location, Physics, Subject area, USA, When they workedLeave a comment on Clarence Dally: a technician in trouble

The technicians’ Blue Book

Cover of the technicians blue book. Thank you to Mel Leitch from the University of Newcastle for sending me this copy.

In 1990 the Blue Book was introduced in an attempt to give university technicians a promotions structure. Here is a short history – I would love to hear from anyone with more information.

Posted byAndy ConnellyJuly 29, 2018April 5, 2019Posted in20th century, Musings, When they worked1 Comment on The technicians’ Blue Book

Vicky Wilson

Lord Bhattacharyya presents Vicky Wilson with her Lifetime Achievement Award

Vicky Wilson rescued DNA fingerprinting from the laboratory dustbin of history. Hers was the first DNA in the world to be fingerprinted when she worked for Professor Sir Alex Jeffreys at the University of Leicester.

Posted byAndy ConnellyJuly 23, 2018January 4, 2022Posted in21st century, Biology, Leicester, Location, Nottingham, Subject area, UK, When they worked1 Comment on Vicky Wilson

Peter Desaga

Bunsen’s original design.

Peter Desaga (1812 – 1879) was an instrument maker from Heidelberg who designed and built the first Bunsen burner.

Posted byAndy ConnellyJuly 17, 2018January 4, 2022Posted in19th century, Chemistry, Engineering, Germany, Location, Subject area, When they workedLeave a comment on Peter Desaga

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