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Winifred Agnes Leyshon (1890-1984)
Winifred Agnes Leyshon (1890-1984)


Born the daughter of Rees Leyshon, an Elementary school Teacher.
1890 Born the daughter of Rees Leyshon, an Elementary school Teacher.
 
1910 Graduated from Birkbeck College, London.
 
1911 "B.Sc. Secondary school appointment", living in Wheatley, Oxon, with her parents also teachers<ref>1911 census</ref>


1926 [[William Henry Eccles]] of 13 Catherine St, Westminster, [[Winifred Agnes Leyshon]] of 8 Hunter Street, WC1, awarded patent for 'Improvements in methods of generating electrical and mechanical oscillations'.
1926 [[William Henry Eccles]] of 13 Catherine St, Westminster, [[Winifred Agnes Leyshon]] of 8 Hunter Street, WC1, awarded patent for 'Improvements in methods of generating electrical and mechanical oscillations'.
1926 Presentation with Dr Eccles at the Royal Society on method for calibrating wave meters using a neon tube and tuning fork.


Based at the London School of Hygiene and Tropical Medicine
Based at the London School of Hygiene and Tropical Medicine
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Winifred Agnes Leyshon (1890-1984)

1890 Born the daughter of Rees Leyshon, an Elementary school Teacher.

1910 Graduated from Birkbeck College, London.

1911 "B.Sc. Secondary school appointment", living in Wheatley, Oxon, with her parents also teachers[1]

1926 William Henry Eccles of 13 Catherine St, Westminster, Winifred Agnes Leyshon of 8 Hunter Street, WC1, awarded patent for 'Improvements in methods of generating electrical and mechanical oscillations'.

1926 Presentation with Dr Eccles at the Royal Society on method for calibrating wave meters using a neon tube and tuning fork.

Based at the London School of Hygiene and Tropical Medicine

1984 July 07th. Died at Perrins House, Morlands Road, Malvern. Head of Physics (Retired).

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Sources of Information

  1. 1911 census