Mary C. Pangborn

Mary C. Pangborn (13 August 1907 – 20 February 2003) was an American scientist and writer of science fiction.

Born in Brooklyn, Pangborn discovered the biologically important lipid cardiolipin[1] and published a number of pieces of short fiction in noted anthologies and in The Magazine of Fantasy & Science Fiction. Her only novel, Friar Bacon's Head, remained unpublished as of her death.[2] Science fiction author Edgar Pangborn was her younger brother.

References
  1. Pangborn M. (1942). "Isolation and purification of a serologically active phospholipid from beef heart". J. Biol. Chem. 143: 247–256. doi:10.1016/S0021-9258(18)72683-5.
  2. Davis Nicoll, James (18 June 2018). "Fighting Erasure: Women SF Writers of the 1970s, Part VIII". Tor.com. Retrieved 19 June 2018.


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