
What is recorded here
This blue commemorative plaque records: Daphne Jackson OBE (1936-1991) Distinguished nuclear physicist and Britain's first female professor of physics was born in Peterborough and educated here at the County Grammar School for Girls. Recorded plaque organisation: Peterborough Civic Society.
Daphne Jackson OBE was a pioneering nuclear physicist who became Britain's first female professor of physics, significantly contributing to the field and serving as a role model for women in science.
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