Mary Engle Pennington Summary

Mary Engle Pennington (1872-1952), a chemist and bacteriologist, was a pioneer in the advancement of the preservation of perishable foods during the first half of the 20th century.Mary Engle Penningto... Read more

Born in Nashville, Tennessee, Mary Pennington grew up in Philadelphia, where she often joined her father, a business executive, in his backyard gardening hobby. A library book on medical chemistry rev... Read more