Elsa Lewkowitsch

Phyllis Regina Elsa Lewkowitsch (1903–1980), Ph.D., A.R.C.S., was a British research chemist, the daughter of Julius Lewkowitsch and Katherine Julia Morris.[1]

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Elsa Lewkowitsch

A.R.C.S.
Born1903
Died1980
CitizenshipBritish
Alma materDepartment of Chemical Engineering, Imperial College London
Scientific career
FieldsChemistry of oils and fats

Lewkowitsch was the first female student at the Department of Chemical Engineering, Imperial College London, and graduated top of her year.[2] She continued her father's research into oils and fats, and was a contributor to the 14th edition of the Encyclopædia Britannica (1929–30). In the 1930s she prepared a seventh edition of her father's The Chemical Technology and Analysis of Oils, Fats and Waxes (first edition 1895; sixth edition 1923), but publication was prevented by the Second World War.[3]

By her will she established a bequest to found the Society of Chemical Industry's biennial Julius Lewkowitsch Memorial Lecture in memory of her father.[4]

Publications
gollark: Anyway, a big problem with this is that if people can find enough output from your fake face generator they can easily make a fake face detector.
gollark: There's a gap between lobbying and entirely ignoring laws.
gollark: That sounds very ethical.
gollark: And would end up in some ridiculous cat and mouse game.
gollark: You would almost certainly get beeized legally somehow.

References
  1. Dr Lewkowitsch — oils, fats and waxes, Greater London Industrial Archaeology Society Newsletter, August 2007. Accessed 28 February 2016.
  2. The History of the Department, imperial.ac.uk. Accessed 28 February 2016.
  3. Frank D. Gunstone, Scientia Gras: A Select History of Fat Science and Technology (AOCS Press, 2000), p. 11.
  4. Julius Lewkowitsch Memorial Lecture, SCI. Accessed 28 February 2016.

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