Margaret Elaine di Menna ONZM (8 July 1923 – 24 March 2014) was a New Zealand microbiologist. In 1954 she became the first woman to gain a Doctor of Philosophy degree from a New Zealand university. Her doctoral thesis at the University of Otago was entitled Yeasts of the human body, their nature and relationship. She had previously graduated with a MSc(Hons) from the same institution in 1948.
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8 July 1923 Huddersfield, Yorkshire, England
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Died |
24 March 2014 (aged 90) Hamilton, New Zealand
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Zodiac | Cancer |
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