[5] She was privately educated and entered the London School of Medicine for Women in 1898, winning numerous honors and fellowships.

During her training, the British Medical Society awarded Lane-Claypon a research scholarship—the first time it had ever bestowed the honor on a woman.

Lane-Claypon found that those babies fed breast milk gained more weight, and she used statistical methods to show that the difference was unlikely to occur by fluke alone.

However, departmental politics and pressures led her to resign her post and return to research, where she remained until the end of her career.

[10] Lane-Claypon's final paper was published under her married name, and she essentially retired following her marriage, not uncommon for a woman of her class in this era.