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Leone N. Farrell (1904–1986) was a Canadian biochemist and microbiologist who identified microbial strains of industrial importance and developed innovative techniques for the manufacture of vaccines and antibiotics. Her inventions enabled the mass production of the polio vaccine.

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She obtained a PhD in biochemistry from the University of Toronto in 1933, which was rare for women at the time.

Leone Ross, FRSL, is a British novelist, short story writer, editor, journalist and academic, who is of Jamaican and Scottish ancestry.