20th-century English women scientists

Dame Valerie Jane Morris Goodall was an English primatologist and anthropologist. Regarded as a pioneer in primate ethology, and described by many publications as "the world's preeminent chimpanzee expert", she was best known for more than six decades of field research on the social and family life of wild chimpanzees in the Kasakela chimpanzee community at Gombe Stream National Park in Tanzania. Beginning in 1960, under the mentorship of the palaeontologist Louis Leakey, Goodall's research demonstrated that chimpanzees share many key traits with humans, such as using tools, having complex emotions, forming lasting social bonds, engaging in organised warfare, and passing on knowledge across generations, which redefined the traditional view that humans are uniquely different from other animals.

British chemist, biophysicist, and X-ray crystallographer (1920–1958)

English engineer, mathematician and inventor (1854-1923)

English sociologist, economist, socialist, and social reformer (1858–1943)

British archaeologist and first female Professor at the University of Cambridge (1892-1968)

British vaccinologist

British politician

British computer scientist (1935–2007)

Irish-English mathematician (1860-1940)

British scientist

British astronomer (1858–1944)

English mathematician (1912-2014)

English solar astronomer (1912-2001)

British mycologist and botanist (1879-1967)

British phycologist (1901–1957)

English biochemist (1896-1987)

British botanist

British botanist (1905–1955)

English ornithologist (1933-2004)

English biochemist (1880-1932)

English mycologist, botanist and scientific illustrator (1860-1949)

English botanist and mycologist (1859-1936)

British botanist and university teacher (1913–1986)

English botanist and archaeologist (1899-1932)

English chemist (1866-1956)

English palaeobotanist (1897-1983)

British American economist (1900–1985)

English nuclear research assistant

English geologist, public servant and philanthropist

British nuclear physicist (1936–1991)

British anthropologist (1918–1982)

English physiologist and writer

botanist (1911-2002)

English archaeologist (1912–1994)

British zoologist of echinoderms

English biochemist and endocrinologist (1917–2003)

English botanist and scientific translator (1897–1982)

British anthropologist (1889–1975)

English stratigrapher, invertebrate paleontologist, and geologist

English mathematical physicist (1900–1977)