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Leone Norwood Farrell

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Leone Norwood Farrell

Birth
Monkland, Stormont, Dundas and Glengarry United Counties, Ontario, Canada
Death
24 Sep 1986 (aged 82)
Toronto Municipality, Ontario, Canada
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Toronto, Toronto Municipality, Ontario, Canada Add to Map
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Leone worked in relative obscurity and ended up in an unmarked grave until 3 years ago. She was the first person to mass produce a vaccine in the history of medicine.
Leone worked in relative obscurity and ended up in an unmarked grave until 3 years ago. She was the first person to mass produce a vaccine in the history of medicine.

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In Loving Memory of
Frances Allen
Wife of Wm. H. Farrell
Died April 10, 1930
William Hutchison Farrell
Died May 29, 1931
Alberta Estelle Farrell
Wife of Garnet Enderby McDonald
Died February 14, 1937
Leone N. Farrell 1904 - 1986
Peace I leave with you, My peace I give unto you.

Born in Monkland Station, ON., Dr. Leone N. Farrell was a pioneer in biotechnology and vaccine development at Connaught Laboratories, University of Toronto, from the early 1930's through the 1960'S.
In addition to vital contributions to penicillin and whooping cough vaccine, her development of the
"Toronto Method" of polio-virus production in 1953 was essential to the success of the first polio vaccine, savings millions from the crippling impact of this disease.

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