Biography:Anne Chamney
Anne Rosemary Chamney | |
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| Born | 16 April 1931 Amersham |
| Died | 9 December 2008 Totteridge, London |
| Nationality | British |
| Occupation | Medical engineer, inventor |
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Anne Rosemary Chamney CEng MIMechE (16 April 1931 – 9 December 2008)[1] was a British mechanical engineer specialising in medical equipment.[2] She is best known for her invention of a novel oxygen tent which was much cheaper than existing tents, much lighter and therefore easier to transport.[2]
Early life
Anne Rosemary Chamney was born in Amersham on 16 April 1931 to Eleanor Margery Hampshire and Ronald Martin Chamney.[2][3] She had one older brother John, born in 1928.[citation needed] According to the 1911 census, her father Ronald was an engineer with the National Telephone Company[4] and held a BSc in engineering.[5] As a young child, Chamney was ambidextrous.[6] She attended an all girls school from the age of nine until she was 16.[2] She earned an MS in biomechanics at the University of Surrey[7] and a PhD in physiology which focussed on the effect of carbon monoxide during pregnancy in rats, which influenced later research into the effect of smoking on humans during pregnancy.[2]
Career
Chamney studied at the Royal Aeronautical Society and became an apprentice at the De Havilland Aircraft Company in Hatfield from 1953 to 1958.[8] She moved to become a Technical Assistant in the Medical Development Group[9] at the British Oxygen Company between 1959 and 1961.[2] Chamney patented an apparatus for humidifying gases in 1960 whilst working there.[10]
Later she became a senior technician at University College Hospital Medical School in London where she evaluated hospital equipment. Whilst working there, in 1966 she invented of a novel oxygen tent which was much cheaper than existing tents, it was also lighter and therefore easier to transport.[11][12] The oxygen tent was published in The Lancet in 1967[13] and received international publicity, with coverage in the United States stating that her invention cost only $50 when other oxygen tents cost up to $750.[14] She credited being able to work closely with medical staff and developing clinical knowledge as being vital to the development of relevant and useful medical equipment.[7]
By 1985, Chamney was Chief Technician in the Department of Anesthesia at the Royal Free Hospital in Hampstead.[15]
Chamney was awarded the first James Clayton Prize in Medical Engineering from the Institution of Mechanical Engineers, and received an additional award in acknowledgement of her research and development work.[16][17][7]
Chamney was also a Fellow of the Irish Genealogical Research Society[18] and a member of the Women's Engineering Society.[19][20]
Anne Chamney died on 9 December 2008 and was cremated on 16 December at Hendon Cemetery and Crematorium in Barnet, London.[21]
Selected publications
- Wayne, D.J., and Chamney, A.R. (1969) Oxygen tent performance. Physics in Medicine & Biology, 14(9) Oxygen tent performance
- Wayne, D.J., and Chamney, A.R. (1969) Oxygen tents: A comparison of two techniques. Anaesthesia, 24(4) Oxygen tents.: A comparison of two techniques
- Chamney, A.R. (1969) Humidification Requirements and Techniques. Including a Review of the Performance of Equipment in Current Use, 24(4) Humidification requirements and techniques.: Including a review of the performance of equipment in current use
References
- ↑ "Anne Chamney". https://www.thegazette.co.uk/notice/L-59069-825525?mainwebsite=1.
- ↑ 2.0 2.1 2.2 2.3 2.4 2.5 Stanley, Autumn (1995) (in en). Mothers and Daughters of Invention: Notes for a Revised History of Technology. Rutgers University Press. ISBN 978-0-8135-2197-8. https://books.google.com/books?id=uRJt7QqA7GEC&dq=anne+chamney&pg=PA108-IA4.
- ↑ "England & Wales, Civil Registration Birth Index, 1916-2007". https://www.ancestry.co.uk/imageviewer/collections/8782/images/ons_b19312az-0200?pId=41737224.
- ↑ "UK Census Online". https://ukcensusonline.com/.
- ↑ "1939 Who's Who In Engineering: Name C - Graces Guide". https://www.gracesguide.co.uk/1939_Who%27s_Who_In_Engineering:_Name_C.
- ↑ Stanley, Autumn, 1933- (1995). Mothers and daughters of invention : notes for a revised history of technology. New Brunswick, N.J.: Rutgers University Press. ISBN 0-8135-2197-1. OCLC 31782818. https://www.worldcat.org/oclc/31782818.
- ↑ 7.0 7.1 7.2 "The Woman Engineer Vol 10". https://twej.theiet.org/twej/WES_Vol_10.html.
- ↑ "The Woman Engineer journal" (in en-US). https://www.theiet.org/publishing/library-archives/the-iet-archives/online-exhibitions/women-and-engineering/the-woman-engineer-journal/.
- ↑ "The Woman Engineer Vol 8". https://twej.theiet.org/twej/WES_Vol_8a.html.
- ↑ "International Patents, 1890-2020". https://www.ancestry.co.uk/account/create?rtype=1&fname=&lname=&dbid=62216&pid=12544423&flowId=dbid62216&returnurl=https%3A%2F%2Fwww.ancestry.co.uk%2Fdiscoveryui-content%2Fview%2F12544423%3A62216%3Ftid%3D%26pid%3D%26queryId%3Dcc0273fe9a26e9149de16dfcdbd3f981%26_phsrc%3DACJ188%26_phstart%3DsuccessSource%26nreg%3D1.
- ↑ Image. NHS years Retrieved 26 March 2023
- ↑ Richman, Fiona Simpson, Gareth (2018-07-05). "Amazing black and white photographs reveal NHS's incredible history" (in en). https://www.standard.co.uk/news/uk/nhs-at-70-amazing-black-and-white-photographs-reveal-health-service-s-incredible-history-a3879671.html.
- ↑ Wayne, D. J.; Chamney, A. R. (1967-08-12). "A New Oxygen Tent" (in English). The Lancet 290 (7511): 344–345. doi:10.1016/S0140-6736(67)90178-X. ISSN 0140-6736. PMID 4143731. https://www.thelancet.com/journals/lancet/article/PIIS0140-6736(67)90178-X/abstract.
- ↑ "Post Crescent (Appleton, Wisconsin) newspaper". 10 July 1967. https://www.ancestry.co.uk/imageviewer/collections/7068/images/NEWS-WI-PO_CR.1967_07_10_0017?treeid=&personid=&usePUB=true&_phsrc=ACJ187&_phstart=successSource&pId=507226129&rcstate=NEWS-WI-PO_CR.1967_07_10_0017:3678,546,3838,588;2742,2158,2881,2200;3546,2504,3767,2562;3578,546,3658,588.
- ↑ "The Woman Engineer Vol 13". https://twej.theiet.org/twej/WES_Vol_13.html.
- ↑ "Anne Chamney". https://www.gracesguide.co.uk/Anne_Chamney.
- ↑ "The James Clayton Prize | Institution of Mechanical Engineers". https://www.imeche.org/careers-education/scholarships-and-awards/prestige-awards/James-Clayton-Prize. Retrieved 26 March 2023.
- ↑ "Fellows of the Irish Genealogical Research Society". https://www.irishancestors.ie/about/fellowship-2/#Chamney.
- ↑ "The Woman Engineer Vol 7". https://www2.theiet.org/resources/library/archives/research/wes/WES_Vol_7.html.
- ↑ "The Woman Engineer Vol 9". https://twej.theiet.org/twej/WES_Vol_9.html.
- ↑ "England & Scotland, Select Cemetery Registers, 1800-2016". https://www.ancestry.co.uk/cs/offers/join?sub=2533566848204800&dbid=9041&url=https%3A%2F%2Fwww.ancestry.co.uk%2Fdiscoveryui-content%2Fview%2F4670022%3A9041%3Ftid%3D%26pid%3D%26queryId%3Da27a610641a935de2f3f7e4fda12c8eb%26_phsrc%3DACJ190%26_phstart%3DsuccessSource&gsfn=&gsln=&h=4670022.
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