Margarete Furcht (10 November 1879 – 12 February 1976) was an Austrian-born British chemist. She was the first female chemist to obtain a doctoral degree certificate in Austria-Hungary.[1]
Margarete Furcht | |
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Born | Vienna, Austria-Hungary | 10 November 1879
Died | 12 February 1976 London, England | (aged 96)
Furcht fled Austria after the Anschluss, settling in London. In 1939, she was living in Islington.[2]
Furcht died on 12 February 1976 in London, aged 96.[3]
References
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- ^ "1939 England and Wales Register". Ancestry. Retrieved 30 March 2023.
- ^ "England & Wales, Civil Registration Death Index, 1916-2007". Ancestry. Retrieved 30 March 2023.