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Mary C. Pangborn

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Mary C. Pangborn
In the Springfield Daily Republican, March 21, 1927
Born(1907-08-13)August 13, 1907
Brooklyn, New York, US
DiedFebruary 20, 2003(2003-02-20) (aged 95)
EducationSmith College
Occupation(s)Scientist, writer
RelativesEdgar Pangborn (brother)

Mary C. Pangborn (August 13, 1907 – February 20, 2003) was an American scientist and writer of science fiction.

Biography

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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.[1]

She discovered the biologically important lipid cardiolipin[2] 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 Her only novel, Friar Bacon's Head, remained unpublished as of her death.[3] Science fiction author Edgar Pangborn was her younger brother.

References

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  1. ^ "Local College Student Honored". The Springfield Daily Republican. March 21, 1927. p. 5. Retrieved September 24, 2024 – via Newspapers.com.
  2. ^ 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.
  3. ^ 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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