Lucy Florence Oldfield (18 September 1925 – 4 July 1989) was a British chemist and Chairman of the London Section of the Society of Glass Technology.
[2] Oldfield was educated at Harrow County School for Girls and then Bedford College, receiving her first Class Honours Degree in Chemistry in 1947.
[3] At first Oldfield worked as an analyst for British Drug Houses in London and was eventually accepted as a post graduate research student at Imperial College.
[3] In November 1951, Oldfield had completed her practical work and most of her thesis when she joined the GEC Research Laboratories.
[3] Additionally, she also represented the Society on BSI committees dealing with standards for street lanterns and electrical lamps.