Rebecca Lancefield
American microbiologist
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Rebecca Craighill Lancefield was a prominent American microbiologist. She joined the Rockefeller Institute for Medical Research in New York in 1918, and was associated with that institute throughout her long and outstanding career. Her... Wikipedia
Born: January 5, 1895, United States
Died: March 3, 1981 (age 86 years), Douglaston, New York, NY
Known for: Lancefield grouping
Education: Columbia University (1925) and Wellesley College (1916)