Maureen Young, was a British professor of perinatal physiology at St Thomas's Hospital Medical School, London.
11 Facts About Maureen Young
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Maureen Young's mother Ina Heslop was Irish and her father William Young was an English military physician during World War I After the war, he was appointed to the pathology department at Guy's Hospital in London, and the family to relocated there.
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From 1932 to 1938, Maureen Young attended Bedford College for Women in London, first studying for a general degree involving chemistry, physics, botany and zoology, and then earning a BSc in physiology in 1938.
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Maureen Young had to retake her first year, as she failed physics.
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Maureen Young was able to do so, thus beginning her lifelong fascination with feto-placental physiology.
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In 1946 after the war's conclusion, Maureen Young was recruited to work at St Thomas' Hospital Medical School as a demonstrator in physiology as well as a tutor to assist the newly admitted female students.
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Maureen Young became pre-eminent in her chosen field, ending her career as Professor of Perinatal Physiology at St Thomas' in 1982.
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Maureen Young had helped found the Blair Bell Research Society as well as the Neonatal Society of which she was president from 1984 to 1987.
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In retirement, Maureen Young pursued her passion for travel and visited many countries, often alone.
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Maureen Young lived in the small village of Toft, outside Cambridge, where she would welcome visitors and researchers to her home.
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Maureen Young continued to attend university gatherings that studied the placenta, and attended her last professional meeting when she was 96 years old.