Gladys W. Royal, Date of Birth, Place of Birth, Date of Death

Gladys W. Royal

chemist

Date of Birth: 29-Aug-1926

Place of Birth: Dallas, Texas, United States

Date of Death: 09-Nov-2002

Profession: chemist, biochemist

Zodiac Sign: Virgo

Gladys W.
Royal (August 29, 1926 – November 9, 2002) is one of a small number of early African-American biochemists.
Part of one of the few African-American husband-and-wife teams in science, Gladys worked with George C.
Royal on research supported by the United States Atomic Energy Commission.
She later worked for many years as principal biochemist at the Cooperative State Research Service of the U.S.
Department of Agriculture.
Royal was also active in the civil rights movement in Greensboro, North Carolina.