Anne McLaren's work helped lead to human in vitro fertilisation, and she received many honours for her contributions to science, including election as fellow of the Royal Society.
12 Facts About Anne McLaren
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Anne McLaren was born in London and lived there until the outbreak of World War II, when her family moved to their estate at Bodnant, North Wales.
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Anne McLaren was entitled to be referred to as "The Honourable Anne McLaren".
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Anne McLaren read zoology at Lady Margaret Hall, Oxford, later gaining an MA.
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Anne McLaren obtained her DPhil in 1952 and married fellow student Dr Donald Michie on 6 October 1952.
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However, the marriage ended in divorce in 1959, and Anne McLaren moved to the Institute of Animal Genetics at University of Edinburgh to continue her research.
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Anne McLaren spent the next 15 years at the Institute of Animal Genetics, studying a variety of topics related to fertility, development and epigenetics, including the development of mouse embryonic transfer, immunocontraception, and the skeletal characteristics of chimerae.
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Anne McLaren was made a Fellow-Commoner of Christ's College, Cambridge in 1991.
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Anne McLaren was a member of the committee established to inquire into the technologies of in vitro fertilisation and embryology, which later produced the Warnock Report.
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In 2004, Anne McLaren was one of the co-founders of the Frozen Ark project, along with husband and wife Bryan and Ann Clarke.
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In 1975, Anne McLaren was made a Fellow of the Royal Society.
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The Anne McLaren Papers are housed at the British Library and can be accessed through the British Library catalogue.