Dorothea Annie Hoffert

Dorothea Annie Hoffert
Born	29 January 1893 Ealing
Died	1969
Education	Manchester High School for Girls Girton College, Cambridge
Partner	Sir Samuel Bedson
Children	Henry Bedson
Scientific career
Institutions	Lister Institute

Dorothea Annie Hoffert (29 January 1893 – 1969) was a scientist who worked on aircraft dope and later oils and fats at the Lister Institute.[1][2][3]

The elder daughter of Henry Hoffert, a senior inspector of schools for the Board of Education, she was married to Sir Samuel Bedson FRS with whom she had three sons, the second being the virologist professor Henry Bedson.

Early life and education

Dorothea Hoffert was born on 29 January 1893, in Ealing, to Hermann Henry Hoffert, a senior inspector of schools for the Board of Education, and Annie Ward.[1] She attended Manchester High School for Girls, before gaining admission to study chemistry at Girton in 1910.[1] In 1914, she received her Dip.Ed. from the University of Manchester, after having transferred there the previous year. Subsequently, she became junior science mistress at Bede School for Girls, Sunderland.[1]

Career

She joined the Food Investigation Board of the Department of Scientific and Industrial Research in 1916, as part of the War effort.[1] She also worked on aircraft dope and varnishes.[1] After the War, she sat the final exam for painters' oils, colours and varnishes and received the silver medal, following which she returned to Cambridge to study chemistry, this time with a grant.[1]

References

1. Rayner-canham, Geoffrey; Rayner-canham, Marelene (2008). "12. Women chemists and the First World War". Chemistry Was Their Life: Pioneering British Women Chemists, 1880-1949. Imperial College Press. pp. 463–464. ISBN 978-1-86094-986-9.
2. "Henry Samuel Bedson". Munk's Roll. Royal College of Physicians. Retrieved 19 June 2021.
3. Rayner-canham, Marelene; Rayner-canham, Geoffrey (2019). Pioneering British Women Chemists: Their Lives And Contributions. World Scientific. p. 505. ISBN 978-1-78634-770-1.