Later Years
Datta retired in 1984 and became Emeritus Professor of Microbial Genetics at the University of London. The year after her retirement, in 1985, she was elected to fellowship of the Royal Society.
During her retirement, she continued to pursue academia by first studying a postgraduate course in Linguistics (although she was not able to obtain a qualification as she did not possess an undergraduate qualification in an arts subject), and then achieving a Master's degree in human evolution in the department of anthropology. At 75, she was the oldest in the group.
Known for her cooking and hospitality, Datta contributed to the Royal Society's anthology on food But the crackling is superb.
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