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Margaret Brown (ichthyologist)

Margaret Brown (ichthyologist) is a biology topic covered in the lgStudy science library. This page brings together a partial reference excerpt, illustrations, worked examples, real-world applications and a short study plan, so you can understand Margaret Brown (ichthyologist) rather than just read about it. In short: Margaret Elizabeth Brown (28 September 1918 – 18 July 2009) was a British ichthyologist. Her work on the brown trout (Salmo trutta) after World War II "effectively established the discipline of ecophysiology." Life Her father serving in the Indian Civil Service, Brown was born in Mussorie, India on 28 September 1918.

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Reference excerpt

Life Her father serving in the Indian Civil Service, Brown was born in Mussorie, India on 28 September 1918. She attended Malvern Girls College before she won a scholarship to Girton College, Cambridge, in 1937 where she studied zoology under Sidnie Manton. Awarded her M.A. in 1944, she studied the for her Ph.D. which she received the following year. Brown married Professor George C. Varley in 1955 and died on 18 July 2009.

Work During World War II, Brown was a lecturer at Girton in between stints of farmwork as a land girl. She continued to teach at Girton and the University of Cambridge until 1950 when she was a visiting scientist at the East African Fisheries Research Organization in Jinja, Uganda for a year. Upon her return home, Brown became a lecturer in zoology at King's College, London until her marriage in 1955. She published the seminal Physiology of Fishes that created the field of ecophysiology in 1957. Two years later she was appointed lecturer in zoology at St Hilda's College, Oxford and became a tutor in 1961. Brown became a senior lecturer at the Open University in 1969 and was promoted to reader in 1969. She was a member of the Linnean Society and served as their vice-president in 1982. The cichlid Haplochromis brownae is thought to be named in her honour.

Notes

References Haines, Catherine M. C. (2001). International Women in Science: A Biographical Dictionary to 1950. Santa Barbara, California: ABC-CLIO. ISBN 978-1-57607-090-1.

Worked examples

Example 1 — a first encounter with Margaret Brown (ichthyologist)

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Example 2 — changing one variable

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Example 3 — an exam-style question

Typical questions about Margaret Brown (ichthyologist) ask you to (a) state it precisely, (b) apply it to given data, and (c) explain a limitation. Practise writing all three answers in under five minutes; the third part is what separates a full-mark answer from an average one.

Applications of Margaret Brown (ichthyologist)

In research: Margaret Brown (ichthyologist) appears in biology research whenever the underlying quantities have to be modelled precisely. Papers usually cite it as a starting assumption and then explore where it breaks down.
In technology and industry: Engineering practice reuses Margaret Brown (ichthyologist) in design rules, simulations and safety margins. Knowing the idea lets you read a specification sheet and understand why the numbers look the way they do.
In the classroom: Margaret Brown (ichthyologist) is common in secondary-school and first-year university syllabi. It links to neighbouring topics 1918 births, 2009 deaths, 20th-century British women biologists, so understanding it makes those chapters shorter.
In everyday life: Look for Margaret Brown (ichthyologist) outside the textbook — in sport, cooking, traffic, electronics or the sky above you. An example you found yourself is remembered far longer than one you were given.

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What is Margaret Brown (ichthyologist) in simple terms?

Margaret Elizabeth Brown (28 September 1918 – 18 July 2009) was a British ichthyologist. Her work on the brown trout (Salmo trutta) after World War II "effectively established the discipline of ecophysiology." Life Her father serving in the Indian Civil Service, Brown was born in Mussorie, India on…

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