Helen Lucia Mary Pixell
| Helen Lucia Mary Pixell | |
|---|---|
| Born | 25 Jul 1878 Frampton, Cotterell |
| 💀Died | May 29, 1957 (Age 79) Oxford, Oxfordshire, United KingdomMay 29, 1957 (Age 79) |
| Burial place | Holywell, City of Oxford, Oxfordshire, England |
| Other names | Helen L M Pixell-Goodrich, Helen Pixell-Goodrich, Helen Goodrich |
| 🏫 Education | BSc in Zoology, Bedford College, University of London (1901); DSc (1915) |
| 💼 Occupation | Protozoologist, Marine biologist |
| 👔 Employer | Bedford College, University of London; University of Oxford |
| Known for | Research on Protozoa and marine fauna |
| Notable work | Two New Species of the Phoronidea from Vancouver Island (1912) |
| 👩 Spouse(s) | Edwin Stephen Goodrich (married 1913) |
| 👴 👵 Parents |
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| 🏅 Awards | Reid Fellow (1910-1913), Beit Memorial Fellowship (1912) |
Helen Lucia Mary Pixell Goodrich (25 July 1878 – 29 May 1957) was a British zoologist and researcher notable for her studies on marine fauna and protozoa. She graduated with a BSc in Zoology from Bedford College, University of London in 1901, and in 1904, she was appointed Junior Demonstrator at Bedford. Pixell's research in Canada, facilitated by a Reid Fellowship, focused on the marine life of the Georgian Strait, and resulted in a notable paper on the subject. In 1912, she left Canada upon receiving a Beit Memorial Fellowship. In 1913, she married Dr. E. S. Goodrich, a comparative vertebrate morphologist at Oxford, and together they continued their research on protozoa. Pixell was awarded a DSc in 1915 for her contributions to zoology.
Early life
Helen Lucia Mary Pixell was born on 25 July 1878[1] to the Reverend Charles Henry Vincent Pixell and Edith Mary Wilson.[2][3][better source needed] She was one of twelve children, with nine sisters and two brothers. Her father, a clergyman, was born in Kings Norton, and her mother was born in Cambridge.[citation needed]
Education and career
Goodrich graduated with a BSc in zoology from Bedford College, University of London, in 1901. In 1904 she became a Junior Demonstrator at Bedford College.[4]
Pixell received a Reid Fellowship in 1910 that funded her until 1913[5] and enable her to conduct research marine fauna.[4]
In 1911, she was provided with quarters by the Canadian Government at Departure Bay, where she dredged British Columbian waters off Vancouver Island. The material she collected was presented to the British Natural History Museum (NUMMI) for ecological examination.[6][not in citation given][7][8]
Pixell received recognition for her scientific work, including her qualifications in the Sanitary Inspectors Examination Board in 1908.[citation needed]
Pixell received a Beit Memorial Fellowships for Medical Research in 1913.[9]
In 1915, she was awarded a DSc for her research.[10][11]
In 1942 an M.A. was awarded to her.[12][more detail needed]
Research
She researched oral hygiene and the role of mouthwash as an antiseptic,[13] and published details on making mouthwash.[14]
Her research on Entamoeba histolytica was reviewed in a 1916 volume of Nature.[15] Her 1918 book, Canning and Bottling, was briefly reviewed in the Saturday Review of Politics, Literature, Science and Art.[16]
While at Oxford, she worked on the science of fruit preservation and bee diseases.[17][18] In a 1997 book on science conducted at Oxford, Jack Morrell described Helen as "a dominating figure in the laboratory compared with her husband".[19]
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Selected publications
Helen Lucia Mary Pixell was known her oer writing in the field of protozoology and marine biology. She also contributed to the ninth edition of Bolles Lee's Microtomist's vade-mecum[20] and her contribution was noted in a 1929 review of the book.[21]
Below is a selection of her publications:
- Pixell, H. L. M. (1912-12-01). "Memoirs: Two New Species of the Phoronidea from Vancouver Island". Quarterly Journal of Microscopical Science. 58 (230): 257–284.
- Pixell, Helen L. M. (1912). "Polychæa from the Pacific Coast of North America.— Part I. SERPULTIDE. with a Revised Table of Classification of the Gennus Spirorbis". Proceedings of the Zoological Society of London. 82 (4): 784–805. doi:10.1111/j.1469-7998.1912.tb07558.x. ISSN 0370-2774.
- Pixell, Helen L. M. (1913). "Notes on Toxoplasma gondii". Proceedings of the Royal Society of London. Series B, Containing Papers of a Biological Character. 87 (592): 67–77. doi:10.1098/rspb.1913.0059.
- Pixell-Goodrich, Helen L. M. (1914-04-01). "Memoirs: The Sporogony and Systematic Position of the Aggregatidæ". Quarterly Journal of Microscopical Science. 60 (237): 159–173.
- Pixell-Goodrich, Helen L. M. (1915-05-01). "Memoirs: On the Life-History of the Sporozoa of Spatangoids, with Observation on some Allied Forms". Quarterly Journal of Microscopical Science. 61 (241): 81–104.
- Pixell-Goodrich, Helen L. M. (1916-03-01). "Memoirs: The Gregarines of Glycera Siphonostoma". Quarterly Journal of Microscopical Science. 61 (243): 205–216.
- Goodrich, Helen Pixell (1917-04-14). "Mouth-Washes in Health and Disease". Br Med J. 1 (2937): 473–475. doi:10.1136/bmj.1.2937.473. ISSN 0007-1447. PMC 2348080. PMID 20768541.
- Goodrich, Helen Pixell (1917-05-19). "Glycerine and Antiseptics". Br Med J. 1 (2942): 647–648. doi:10.1136/bmj.1.2942.647. ISSN 0007-1447. PMC 2348463. PMID 20768592.
- Goodrich, Helen Pixell (1918). Canning and bottling : with notes on other simple methods of preserving fruit and vegetables. OCLC 20672729. Search this book on
- Goodrich, Helen Pixell (1920). Determination of age in honey-bees. [London]: [s.n.] doi:10.5962/bhl.title.56684. Search this book on
- Pixell-Goodrich, Helen L. M. (1920-01-01). "Memoirs: Determination of Age in Honey-Bees". Quarterly Journal of Microscopical Science. 64 (254): 191–205.
- Goodrich, Edwin S.; Goodrich, H. L. M. Pixell (1920-12-01). "Memoirs: Gonospora minchinii, n. sp., a Gregarine inhabiting the egg of Arenicola". Quarterly Journal of Microscopical Science. 65 (257): 157–162.
- Goodrich, Helen Pixell; Way, Geoffrey L. (1940-05-11). "Prevention of Throat Infection". Br Med J. 1 (4140): 768–769. doi:10.1136/bmj.1.4140.768. ISSN 0007-1447. PMC 2177442. PMID 20783092.
- Goodrich, Helen Pixell (1956). "Crayfish epidemics". Parasitology. 46 (3–4): 480–483. doi:10.1017/S0031182000026615. ISSN 1469-8161. PMID 13378890.
Personal life
Pixell married Edwin Stephen Goodrich in 1913;[22] he was a comparative vertebrate morphologist. While they shared similar professional interests, they kept their scientific work largely separate, with two notable instances of collaboration on projects. They traveled together on several scientific expeditions, including at least one focused on research.[citation needed]
Goodrich died in 1957.[23]
References
- ↑ "England and Wales Birth Registration Index, 1837-2005". FreeBMD. Free UK Genealogy. Retrieved 3 February 2025.
Helen Lucia M. Pixell, birth registered in 1878, Kensington district.
- ↑ "England and Wales Birth Registration Index, 1837-2005". FreeBMD. Free UK Genealogy. Retrieved 3 February 2025.
Charles Henry Vincent Pixell, birth registered in September quarter 1840, Kings Norton district, volume XVIII, page 375.
- ↑ "England and Wales Birth Registration Index, 1837-2005". FreeBMD. Free UK Genealogy. Retrieved 3 February 2025.
Edith Mary Wilson, birth registered in March quarter 1843, Cambridge district, volume XIV, page 12.
- ↑ 4.0 4.1 Sylph, Ann (May 2016). "Women in Zoology : moving into the 20th century". Journal of Zoology. 299 (1). doi:10.1111/(ISSN)1469-7998. Retrieved 2025-02-02 – via ZSL Publications.
- ↑ "Bedford College for Women". Marylebone and Paddington Mercury. 1912-06-22. p. 5. Retrieved 2025-02-07.
- ↑ Endowment of research - appointments to Beit Memorial Fellowships. (1912, December 16). London Evening Standard, p. 12.
- ↑ Medical research - Beit Foundation Fellowships. (1912, December 16). Evening Mail, p. 4.
- ↑ "FAIR SCIENTISTS". Southland Times (17256). 29 January 1913. p. 3.
- ↑ "Fellowship Records". Wellcome Collection. Retrieved 2025-02-07.
- ↑ Sylph, Ann (May 2016). "Women in Zoology : moving into the 20th century". Journal of Zoology. 299 (1). doi:10.1111/(ISSN)1469-7998. Retrieved 2025-02-02 – via ZSL Publications.
- ↑ "Beit Fellowships." The Queen, December 21, 1912.
- ↑ "University Intelligence". The Birmingham Post. 1924-12-11. p. 3. Retrieved 2025-02-07.
- ↑ Year Book of the American Pharmaceutical Association. Washington, D.C. 1912. pp. 159–160. Search this book on
- ↑ "Glycerin und Antiseptica". Correspondenz Blatt Für Schweizer Ärzte (in Deutsch). 47. 1917. p. 1248. Search this book on
- ↑ Lockyer, Sir Norman (October 26, 1916). Nature. 98. Macmillan Journals Limited. p. 158. Search this book on
- ↑ "Our Library Table". The Saturday Review of Politics, Literature, Science and Art. Saturday Review. 5 October 1918. p. 922.
- ↑ Morrell, Jack (1997-12-04). Science at Oxford, 1914-1939. Oxford University Press. p. 13. doi:10.1093/acprof:oso/9780198206576.003.0002. ISBN 978-0-19-820657-6. Search this book on
- ↑ "SCIENTIFIC. - SCIENCE NOTES. | HOW OLD IS A BEE. - The Australasian (Melbourne, Vic. : 1864 - 1946) - 16 Apr 1921". Trove. 16 April 1921. p. 38. Retrieved 2025-02-03.
- ↑ Morrell, Jack (1997-12-04). Science at Oxford, 1914-1939. Oxford University Press. doi:10.1093/acprof:oso/9780198206576.003.0008. ISBN 978-0-19-820657-6. Search this book on
- ↑ Lee, Arthur Bolles; Gatenby, J. Brontë (1928). Bolles Lee's Microtomist's vade-mecum, a handbook of the methods of microscopic anatomy (9th ed.). Philadelphia: P. Blakiston's & Co. OCLC 344353. Search this book on
- ↑ Parkes, A. S. (1929). "Review of Bolles Lee's Microtomist's Vade-Mecum. Ninth Edition". Science Progress in the Twentieth Century (1919-1933). 23 (91): 549–550. ISSN 2059-4941. JSTOR 43429929.
- ↑ "Article clipped from The Times". The Times. 1913-08-13. p. 9. Retrieved 2025-02-07.
- ↑ "England and Wales Death Registration Index, 1837-2007". FreeBMD. Free UK Genealogy. Retrieved 3 February 2025.
Helen L. M. Goodrich, death registered in 1957, Oxford district.
External links
- Letters from Helen Lucia Mary Goodrich at the University of St. Andrews
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