Helen Dean King

Helen Dean King
Born(1869-09-27)September 27, 1869
Owego, New York
DiedMarch 7, 1955(1955-03-07) (aged 85)
Philadelphia, Pennsylvania
EducationVassar College
Bryn Mawr College
Known forBreeding the Wistar laboratory rat
AwardsEllen Richards Research Prize of the Association to Aid Scientific Research for Women
Scientific career
FieldsZoology
InstitutionsUniversity of Pennsylvania, Wistar Institute

Helen Dean King (September 27, 1869 – March 7, 1955) was an American zoologist. She was involved in breeding the Wistar laboratory rat, a strain of rats genetically homogeneous albinos intended for use in biological and medical research.

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