Brenda Edith Ryman (6 December 1922 – 20 November 1983) was a biochemist and Mistress of

Girton College, Cambridge Girton College is one of the 31 constituent colleges of the University of Cambridge. The college was established in 1869 by Emily Davies and Barbara Bodichon as the first women's college in Cambridge. In 1948, it was granted full college status ...

. Ryman was educated at

Colston's Girls' School Montpelier High School (formerly Colston's Girls' School) is a girls secondary academy (English school), Academy, located in the Montpelier, Bristol, Montpelier area of Bristol, England. The school building was designed by William Venn Gough and ...

and

. She was on the staff of the

Royal Free Hospital The Royal Free Hospital (also known simply as the Royal Free) is a major teaching hospital in the Hampstead area of the London Borough of Camden. The hospital is part of the Royal Free London NHS Foundation Trust, which also runs services at Barn ...

from 1948 to 1972;

Professor Professor (commonly abbreviated as Prof.) is an Academy, academic rank at university, universities and other post-secondary education and research institutions in most countries. Literally, ''professor'' derives from Latin as a "person who pr ...

Biochemistry Biochemistry or biological chemistry is the study of chemical processes within and relating to living organisms. A sub-discipline of both chemistry and biology, biochemistry may be divided into three fields: structural biology, enzymology and ...

Charing Cross Hospital Charing Cross Hospital is an acute general teaching hospital located in Hammersmith, London, United Kingdom. The present hospital was opened in 1973, although it was originally established in 1818, approximately five miles east, in central Lond ...

from 1972; and Mistress of Girton College, Cambridge from 1976 until her death."Professor Brenda Ryman, Mistress of Girton"

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(London, England), November 23, 1983, Issue 61697, p.12

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1922 births 1983 deaths People educated at Montpelier High School, Bristol Physicians of the Royal Free Hospital Physicians of Charing Cross Hospital Alumni of Girton College, Cambridge Mistresses of Girton College, Cambridge Women biochemists {{UCambridge-stub