{"id":18,"date":"2020-11-18T11:45:37","date_gmt":"2020-11-18T11:45:37","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.hmdt.org.uk\/hmdtmusic\/stemsisters\/?page_id=18"},"modified":"2024-09-27T13:41:55","modified_gmt":"2024-09-27T12:41:55","slug":"kathleen-lonsdale-crystallographer","status":"publish","type":"page","link":"https:\/\/www.hmdt.org.uk\/hmdtmusic\/stemsisters\/kathleen-lonsdale-crystallographer\/","title":{"rendered":"Dame Kathleen Lonsdale &#8211; Crystallographer"},"content":{"rendered":"<h3><img loading=\"lazy\" class=\"wp-image-555 aligncenter\" src=\"http:\/\/www.hmdt.org.uk\/hmdtmusic\/stemsisters\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/15\/2020\/11\/Dame_Kathleen_Longsdale_01-1.png\" alt=\"\" width=\"700\" height=\"350\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.hmdt.org.uk\/hmdtmusic\/stemsisters\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/15\/2020\/11\/Dame_Kathleen_Longsdale_01-1.png 2000w, https:\/\/www.hmdt.org.uk\/hmdtmusic\/stemsisters\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/15\/2020\/11\/Dame_Kathleen_Longsdale_01-1-300x150.png 300w, https:\/\/www.hmdt.org.uk\/hmdtmusic\/stemsisters\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/15\/2020\/11\/Dame_Kathleen_Longsdale_01-1-1024x512.png 1024w, https:\/\/www.hmdt.org.uk\/hmdtmusic\/stemsisters\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/15\/2020\/11\/Dame_Kathleen_Longsdale_01-1-768x384.png 768w, https:\/\/www.hmdt.org.uk\/hmdtmusic\/stemsisters\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/15\/2020\/11\/Dame_Kathleen_Longsdale_01-1-1536x768.png 1536w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 700px) 100vw, 700px\" \/><\/h3>\n<h3 style=\"text-align: center;\"><strong>When and where was she born?<\/strong><\/h3>\n<p style=\"text-align: center;\">Kathleen Yardley was born in County Kildare, Ireland on the 28 January 1903. In 1971, aged 68, Kathleen died of cancer in London.<\/p>\n<h3><\/h3>\n<div class=\"section-full-width section-custom parallax-scroll\" style=\"background-color:#bbdeb1;\"><div style=\"background-image:url(http:\/\/www.hmdt.org.uk\/hmdtmusic\/stemsisters\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/15\/2020\/12\/Dame_Kathleen_Lonsdale_001BG.png); opacity:0.1; filter: alpha(opacity=10);\" class=\"full-bg-image\" ><\/div><div class=\"section-boxed\" style=\"color:#ffffff;\"><\/p>\n<h3 style=\"text-align: left;\"><span style=\"color: #ffffff;\"><strong>Fun facts<\/strong><\/span><\/h3>\n<ul>\n<li style=\"text-align: left;\"><span style=\"color: #ffffff;\"><strong>Kathleen married Thomas Lonsdale in 1927 and had three children;<\/strong><\/span><\/li>\n<li style=\"text-align: left;\"><span style=\"color: #ffffff;\"><strong>Alongside her husband she became a Quaker in 1935. She had three children;<\/strong><\/span><\/li>\n<li style=\"text-align: left;\"><span style=\"color: #ffffff;\"><strong>Lonsdaleite, an\u00a0allotrope of carbon, was named in her honour; it is a rare harder form of diamond found in\u00a0meteorites.<\/strong><\/span><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p><\/div><\/div>\n<h3 style=\"text-align: center;\"><strong>What\u2019s important about her scientific work?<\/strong><\/h3>\n<p style=\"text-align: center;\">Kathleen developed the use of X-ray diffraction to study the structure of molecules and in 1929, she published her pivotal paper on the structure of the benzene ring in hexamethylbenzene. She was the first woman to achieve many accolades, and helped pave the way for future women scientists.<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p><img loading=\"lazy\" class=\"alignnone wp-image-557 size-full\" src=\"http:\/\/www.hmdt.org.uk\/hmdtmusic\/stemsisters\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/15\/2020\/11\/Dame_Kathleen_Longsdale_S01-1.png\" alt=\"\" width=\"2000\" height=\"1000\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.hmdt.org.uk\/hmdtmusic\/stemsisters\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/15\/2020\/11\/Dame_Kathleen_Longsdale_S01-1.png 2000w, https:\/\/www.hmdt.org.uk\/hmdtmusic\/stemsisters\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/15\/2020\/11\/Dame_Kathleen_Longsdale_S01-1-300x150.png 300w, https:\/\/www.hmdt.org.uk\/hmdtmusic\/stemsisters\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/15\/2020\/11\/Dame_Kathleen_Longsdale_S01-1-1024x512.png 1024w, https:\/\/www.hmdt.org.uk\/hmdtmusic\/stemsisters\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/15\/2020\/11\/Dame_Kathleen_Longsdale_S01-1-768x384.png 768w, https:\/\/www.hmdt.org.uk\/hmdtmusic\/stemsisters\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/15\/2020\/11\/Dame_Kathleen_Longsdale_S01-1-1536x768.png 1536w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 2000px) 100vw, 2000px\" \/><\/p>\n<h3 style=\"text-align: center;\"><strong>What do we know about her childhood?<\/strong><\/h3>\n<p style=\"text-align: center;\">Her parents ran the local post office and she was one of 10 children. They moved to England when she was 5. She earned her Bachelor of Science degree from\u00a0Bedford College for Women\u00a0in 1922 and graduated in physics with an MSc from\u00a0University College London\u00a0in 1924.<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<div class=\"quick-gallery\"><div class=\"qg-img qg-no-title\" data-defwidth=\"511\"><a href=\"https:\/\/www.hmdt.org.uk\/hmdtmusic\/stemsisters\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/15\/2020\/11\/KL_002.jpg\" rel=\"lightbox[group-1]\" title=\"\" ><img src=\"https:\/\/www.hmdt.org.uk\/hmdtmusic\/stemsisters\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/15\/2020\/11\/KL_002-511x200.jpg\" \/><div class=\"qg-overlay\"><span class=\"icon-circle\"><span class=\"pg-icon lightbox-icon\"><\/span><\/span><\/div><\/a><\/div><div class=\"qg-img qg-no-title\" data-defwidth=\"511\"><a href=\"https:\/\/www.hmdt.org.uk\/hmdtmusic\/stemsisters\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/15\/2020\/11\/KL_001.jpg\" rel=\"lightbox[group-1]\" title=\"\" ><img src=\"https:\/\/www.hmdt.org.uk\/hmdtmusic\/stemsisters\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/15\/2020\/11\/KL_001-511x200.jpg\" \/><div class=\"qg-overlay\"><span class=\"icon-circle\"><span class=\"pg-icon lightbox-icon\"><\/span><\/span><\/div><\/a><\/div><div class=\"clear\"><\/div><\/div>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<h3 style=\"text-align: left;\"><strong>What struggles did she face?<\/strong><\/h3>\n<ul style=\"text-align: left;\">\n<li>She was malnourished as a young child because her family could not afford enough food;<\/li>\n<li>She had to attend a boys\u2019 school as the girls\u2019 schools did not offer chemistry, physics and mathematics;<\/li>\n<li>She was a pacifist which was illegal, and as a result spent a month in Holloway prison during World War II.<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<div class=\"section-full-width section-custom parallax-scroll\" style=\"background-color:#bbdeb1;\"><div style=\"background-image:url(http:\/\/www.hmdt.org.uk\/hmdtmusic\/stemsisters\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/15\/2020\/12\/Dame_Kathleen_Lonsdale_001BG.png); opacity:0.1; filter: alpha(opacity=10);\" class=\"full-bg-image\" ><\/div><div class=\"section-boxed\" style=\"color:#ffffff;\"><\/p>\n<h3 style=\"text-align: left;\"><strong>What did she achieve?<\/strong><\/h3>\n<ul>\n<li><strong>In 1949 she was appointed professor of chemistry and head of the Department of Crystallography at University College London. She was the first tenured woman professor at that college, a position she held until 1968.<\/strong><\/li>\n<li><strong>In 1956 she was made a Dame Commander of the Order of the British Empire;<\/strong><\/li>\n<li><strong>In 1966 she was elected first woman President of the International Union of Crystallographers.<\/strong><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p><\/div><\/div>\n<p style=\"text-align: center;\"><a class=\"button\" style=\"background-color: #aaabd6;\" href=\"http:\/\/www.hmdt.org.uk\/hmdtmusic\/stemsisters\/chemistry-lessons-plans\/\">KATHLEEN LONSDALE LESSON PLAN<\/a><\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<hr \/>\n<div class=\"cols-wrapper cols-3\">\n<div class=\"col\">\n<p><a href=\"http:\/\/www.hmdt.org.uk\/hmdtmusic\/stemsisters\/caroline-herschel\/\"><img loading=\"lazy\" class=\"alignnone wp-image-860 size-full\" src=\"http:\/\/www.hmdt.org.uk\/hmdtmusic\/stemsisters\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/15\/2020\/12\/Link_CH_01.png\" alt=\"\" width=\"350\" height=\"257\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.hmdt.org.uk\/hmdtmusic\/stemsisters\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/15\/2020\/12\/Link_CH_01.png 350w, https:\/\/www.hmdt.org.uk\/hmdtmusic\/stemsisters\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/15\/2020\/12\/Link_CH_01-300x220.png 300w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 350px) 100vw, 350px\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: left;\"><a href=\"http:\/\/www.hmdt.org.uk\/hmdtmusic\/stemsisters\/caroline-herschel\/\"><strong>&lt;&lt; previous<\/strong><\/a><\/p>\n<\/div>\n<div class=\"col\">\n<p><a href=\"http:\/\/www.hmdt.org.uk\/hmdtmusic\/stemsisters\/kathleen-lonsdale-crystallographer\/\"><img loading=\"lazy\" class=\"alignnone wp-image-853 size-full\" src=\"http:\/\/www.hmdt.org.uk\/hmdtmusic\/stemsisters\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/15\/2020\/12\/Link_KL_01.png\" alt=\"\" width=\"350\" height=\"257\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.hmdt.org.uk\/hmdtmusic\/stemsisters\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/15\/2020\/12\/Link_KL_01.png 350w, https:\/\/www.hmdt.org.uk\/hmdtmusic\/stemsisters\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/15\/2020\/12\/Link_KL_01-300x220.png 300w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 350px) 100vw, 350px\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<div class=\"col nomargin\" data-wp-editing=\"1\">\n<p><a href=\"http:\/\/www.hmdt.org.uk\/hmdtmusic\/stemsisters\/dorothy-hodgkin\/\"><img loading=\"lazy\" class=\"alignnone wp-image-858 size-full\" src=\"http:\/\/www.hmdt.org.uk\/hmdtmusic\/stemsisters\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/15\/2020\/12\/Link_DH_01.png\" alt=\"\" width=\"350\" height=\"257\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.hmdt.org.uk\/hmdtmusic\/stemsisters\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/15\/2020\/12\/Link_DH_01.png 350w, https:\/\/www.hmdt.org.uk\/hmdtmusic\/stemsisters\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/15\/2020\/12\/Link_DH_01-300x220.png 300w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 350px) 100vw, 350px\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: right;\"><a href=\"http:\/\/www.hmdt.org.uk\/hmdtmusic\/stemsisters\/dorothy-hodgkin\/\"><strong>next &gt;&gt;<\/strong><\/a><\/p>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<hr \/>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: center;\">HMDT Music is grateful for the support of:<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: center;\"><a href=\"https:\/\/www.hmdt.org.uk\/hmdtmusic\/stemsisters\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/15\/2024\/09\/STEM-Sisters-Logo.png\"><img loading=\"lazy\" class=\"wp-image-1883  aligncenter\" src=\"https:\/\/www.hmdt.org.uk\/hmdtmusic\/stemsisters\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/15\/2024\/09\/STEM-Sisters-Logo-300x88.png\" alt=\"\" width=\"904\" height=\"265\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.hmdt.org.uk\/hmdtmusic\/stemsisters\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/15\/2024\/09\/STEM-Sisters-Logo-300x88.png 300w, https:\/\/www.hmdt.org.uk\/hmdtmusic\/stemsisters\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/15\/2024\/09\/STEM-Sisters-Logo-1024x300.png 1024w, https:\/\/www.hmdt.org.uk\/hmdtmusic\/stemsisters\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/15\/2024\/09\/STEM-Sisters-Logo-768x225.png 768w, https:\/\/www.hmdt.org.uk\/hmdtmusic\/stemsisters\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/15\/2024\/09\/STEM-Sisters-Logo-1536x450.png 1536w, https:\/\/www.hmdt.org.uk\/hmdtmusic\/stemsisters\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/15\/2024\/09\/STEM-Sisters-Logo-2048x600.png 2048w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 904px) 100vw, 904px\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>When and where was she born? 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