Brigid Mary Balfour (24 May 1914 – 1 March 1994) was a British scientist who studied cellular morphology and ultrastructure in relation to immune function.
[2] Brigid Balfour was born in 1914 in St George Hanover Square, London to Hylda Snow (née Paget) and Archibald Edward Balfour, a barrister.
[3][4] Her maternal grandfather was Sir Richard Paget, a British politician and baronet.
[citation needed] Balfour began her career at the National Institute for Medical Research working in nutrition, as part of the Division of Biological Standards in 1945.
In 1957, she became a member of the newly formed Division of Immunology, under John Humphrey, working alongside Brigitte Askonas and Walter Brocklehurst or Brockhurst.