Dame Barbara Evelyn Clayton was an English pathologist who made a significant contribution to clinical medicine, medical research and public service.
11 Facts About Barbara Clayton
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Barbara Clayton was latterly Professor of Clinical Pathology at Great Ormond Street Hospital, London.
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Barbara Clayton was educated at St Nicholas Preparatory School in Orpington and Bromley County School for Girls, where she was head girl.
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Barbara Clayton went on to study medicine at the University of Edinburgh, qualifying in 1946.
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Barbara Clayton worked with dieticians to optimize diets for infants with phenylketonuria and other metabolic disorders.
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Over her career, Barbara Clayton published more than 200 academic papers.
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Barbara Clayton's work showed a relationship between lead poisoning and intellectual impairment.
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Barbara Clayton was Dean of Medicine at the university from 1983 to 1986, and honorary consultant chemical pathologist at the Southampton General Hospital.
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Barbara Clayton served on the Royal Commission on Environmental Pollution from 1981 to 1996 and chaired the enquiry into the Camelford water pollution incident in 1988.
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Barbara Clayton concluded that the symptoms locals experienced after the Camelford incident were caused by anxiety due to media coverage.
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Barbara Clayton met chemist William Klyne in 1947 while they were both employed at the Medical Research Council in Edinburgh.