Dorothy Thursby-Pelham, Date of Birth, Place of Birth, Date of Death

Dorothy Thursby-Pelham

British scientist and scientific illustrator

Date of Birth: 24-Oct-1884

Place of Birth: ‎Gosforth, England, United Kingdom

Date of Death: 01-Jan-0001

Profession: biologist, marine biologist, scientific illustrator

Zodiac Sign: Scorpio

Dorothy Elizabeth Thursby-Pelham (1884–1972) was a scientist at the Zoological Laboratory, University of Cambridge and subsequently at the Ministry of Agriculture, Fisheries and Food (United Kingdom) - Directorate of Fisheries laboratory in Lowestoft (now known as the Centre for Environment, Fisheries and Aquaculture Science) who has been called ‘England’s first female sea-going fisheries scientist’ and was an active member of the International Council for the Exploration of the Sea (ICES).She is best known as the illustrator of several well-known images of emperor penguin embryos based on eggs collected during the Terra Nova expedition between 1910 and 1913, but was also an active fisheries scientist who collected extensive datasets on plaice (Pleuronectes platessa) in the North Sea, and who gave several memorable interviews to the BBC on national radio in the 1930s and 1950s.