| LC control no. | n 80063783 |
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| Descriptive conventions | rda |
| Personal name heading | Almeida, June D. |
| Variant(s) | Almeida, June Dalziel, 1930-2007 Hart, June Dalziel, 1930-2007 |
| Birth date | 1930-10-05 |
| Death date | 2007-12-01 |
| Place of birth | Glasgow (Scotland) |
| Place of death | Bexhill (England) |
| Field of activity | Electron microscopy |
| Affiliation | Wellcome Research Laboratories (Beckenham, London, England) |
| Profession or occupation | Virologists |
| Found in | Manual for rapid laboratory viral diagnosis, 1979 (a.e.) t.p. (June D. Almeida, Wellcome Research Laboratories, Beckenham, Eng.) Wikipedia, November 13, 2020 (June Almeida; June Dalziel Almeida (5 October 1930, Glasgow, Scotland--1 December 2007, Bexhill, England) was a Scottish virologist, a pioneer in virus imaging, identification, and diagnosis; her skills in electron microscopy earned her an international reputation; Almeida succeeded in identifying viruses that were previously unknown, including, in 1966, a group of viruses that was later named coronavirus due to their crown-like appearance; her immune electron microscopy (IEM) innovations and insights contributed to research related to the diagnosis of hepatitis B, HIV, and rubella, among other viral diseases; she was born June Dalziel Hart; daughter of Jane Dalziel (née Steven) and Harry Leonard Hart; she married Enrique Rosalio (Henry) Almeida (1913-1993), a Venezuelan artist, in 1954; they were later divorced; she married Phillip Samuel Gardner, a fellow virologist, in 1979; a new COVID-19 testing laboratory in Guy's Hospital was named after June Almeida in September 2020) |
| Associated language | eng |
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