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Clara Cynthia Benson (1875 - 1964)

Clara Cynthia Benson
Born in Port Hope, Ontario, Canadamap
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Died at age 88 in Port Hope, Ontario, Canadamap
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Clara Cynthia Benson was a Canadian chemistry professor. She was the first woman to earn a chemistry degree from the University of Toronto, one of the first of two women to earn a PhD there, and one of its first women professors. The Benson Building at U of T was named in her honour. She was also a founder of the American Society for Biochemistry and Molecular Biology.[1]

Born in 1875, she was the daughter of Thomas Moore Benson and Laura Abigail Fuller.[2]

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  1. ↑ The Canadian Encylopedia: Clara Benson
  2. ↑ "Canada, Ontario Births and Baptisms, 1779-1899", database, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:F2NG-T38 : 13 February 2020), Clara Cynthia Benson, 1875.

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