Dorothea Annie Hoffert (29 January 1893 – 1969) was a scientist who worked on aircraft dope and later oils and fats at the Lister Institute.
[1] She attended Manchester High School for Girls, before gaining admission to study chemistry at Girton in 1910.
Subsequently, she became junior science mistress at Bede School for Girls, Sunderland.
[1] She joined the Food Investigation Board of the Department of Scientific and Industrial Research in 1916, as part of the War effort.
[1] After the War, she sat the final exam for painters' oils, colours and varnishes and received the silver medal, following which she returned to Cambridge to study chemistry, this time with a grant.