Who Was Irene Manton? Uncovering the archive of a Leeds pioneer

Katherine Tiller, Irene Manton Archive Project Archivist, writes: The Irene Manton Building is a familiar landmark on the University of Leeds campus, but not everyone may know about the scientist behind its name. Irene Manton (1904-1988) was a pioneering botanist and electron microscopist. She spent much of her career at Leeds, where she worked as […]