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Helen Muir-Wood (b. 1896- d. 16th January 1968) was a palaeontologist and curator of fossil brachiopods at the Natural History Museum, London. She became the Deputy Keeper of Palaeontology - the first woman at the Natural History Museum to reach a senior scientific position.

Education
Helen Muir-Wood studied at Bedford College, gaining an MSc for her thesis on iron ore, where she was taught by Catherine Raisin. Muir-Wood then went on to research Carbonifeorus brachiopods under the guidance of Edmund Garwood at University College London.

Career
In 1919 Muir-Wood was employed part-time at the Natural History Museum, London.