Helen Gilchrist

In 1927, Gilchrist applied for a position at the Royal Institution. W. H. Bragg, Professor at the Royal Institution, wrote to Irvine  

Gilchrist accepted the position, working on the separation of long-chain hydrocarbons with the Austrian scientist Berta Karlik,28 and then on the synthesis of fats containing a carbohydrate unit. 

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The research groups of both Braggs contained a remarkable number of women.9 Of W. H. Bragg s 18 students, 11 were women Elbe Knaggs (see below), Grace Mocatta, Kathleen Yardley (see below), Natalie Allen, Thora Marwick, Lucy Pickett, Helen Gilchrist (see Chap. 7), Berta Karlik, M. E. Bowland, Ida Woodward, and Constance Elam (Mrs. Tipper). 

We mentioned that Grace Leitch of Armstrong College (see Chap. 5) and Helen Gilchrist of the University of St. Andrews... 

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