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Helen Kemp Archbold
Born10 November 1899
Farnham, Surrey, England
Died7 December 1987(1987-12-07) (aged 88)
Alma materBedford College, University of London and Imperial College London
Known forStudies of polysaccharide metabolism in plants
Scientific career
FieldsBiology, botany
InstitutionsImperial College London
Thesis (1932)

Prof Helen Kemp Porter later Mrs Huggett FRS FRSE (10 November 1899 – 7 December 1987) was a British botanist from Imperial College London. She was a Fellow of the Royal Society and the first female professor at Imperial College London. Her studies of polysaccharide metabolism in tobacco plants were groundbreaking; she was one of the first British scientists to use the innovative technologies of chromatography and radioactive tracers.

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