Name Barbara Clayton | ||
Dame Barbara Evelyn Clayton, Mrs Klyne, DBE FRCP, FRCPath, FMedSci (2 September 1922 – 11 January 2011) was a British pathologist who made a significant contribution to clinical medicine, medical research and public service.
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Clayton was born in Liverpool and attended Bromley County School for Girls (London), where she was head girl. She went on to study medicine at Edinburgh University, qualifying in 1946, and was later awarded a PhD for her research into oestrogens in 1969.
She met William Klyne in 1947 while both were employed at the Medical Research Council; they married in 1949, and remained married until William Klyne's death. The couple had two children.
They moved from Edinburgh to London, where Clayton began working in the chemical pathology department at St Thomas's Medical College, where, using new biochemistry techniques, her research on hormones brought her widespread recognition.
She served on the Royal Commission on Environmental Pollution from 1981 to 1996 and chaired the enquiry into the Camelford water pollution incident in 1988.