Scientific pioneer June Almeida discovered the Corona Viruses in 1964 at 34 years of age.  Born June Hart from Glasgow, Scotland- At the age of 16 she dropped out of high school and started working as a lab technician at Glasgow Royal Infirmary.  Later she got a job at St. Bartholomew's Hospital in London where she met her husband, Venezuelan Artist Enriques Almeida.  They immigrated to Canada and she got a job working with electron microscopes at the Ontario Cancer Institute in Toronto.  There she developed new techniques and published several papers on the structures of viruses previously unseen.  She used antibodies taken from previously infected individuals to pinpoint the virus.  She introduced tiny particles coated in antibodies and they would congregate around the virus, alerting her to its presence.  This technique enabled clinicians to use electron microscopy as a way to diagnose viral infections in patients.  She went on to identify a host of viruses including Rubella.  Scientists had been studying Rubella (3 day measles) for decades, but she was the first to see it. Inspired by the halo-like structure, she and her two colleges decided on the Latin word for crown, CORONA. She got remarried then passed away in 2007 at 77 years old.  Hugh Pennington, an Emeritus Professor of Bacterial -ogy at The University ofAberdeen worked with June Almeida at St. Thomas in London and described her as mentor and said "She is one of the outstanding Scottish Scientists of her generation, but sadly largely forgotten.