Muriel Catherine Canning Chapman (née Holmes) (16 September 1894 – 23 March 1988) was a British chemist. She was one of the first female chemists at the

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, having matriculated there in 1920, the first year that women were permitted to do so. She was awarded a B. Sc. in 1923. She had already been awarded a B. Sc. from

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in 1916. Her research was in chemical kinetics, and was carried out in conjunction with her husband, David Chapman. Chapman was the daughter of Samuel Holmes, a sometime theology lecturer at

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. She was educated at the

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before going to Royal Holloway. She then returned to Oxford and worked at the Leoline Jenkins Laboratory at Jesus College. In 1917 she became a member of the Society of Oxford Home-Students, which later became St. Anne's College. After about 1927, she became active in the

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, and was secretary of the Oxford branch throughout its existence.

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{{DEFAULTSORT:Chapman, Muriel 1894 births 1988 deaths Alumni of Royal Holloway, University of London Alumni of St Anne's College, Oxford British animal welfare workers British chemists British women scientists