Agnes Arber ( 1879 - 1960 )

Birth: London, England (23 February 1879) Death: Hope Nursing Home, Cambridge (22 March 1960) Burial Place: Churchyard, Girton Church Research Field: Botany; evolution of plant morphology Education: North London Collegiate School for Girls (1887); University College, London, BSc (1899); Newnham College, Cambridge Career: Rsearch Assistant to Miss Ethel Sargant, who had a private laboratory in her home, Reigate (1902); Quain Student in Biology, University College, London (1903-1908); research work at Balfour Laboratory, Newnham College (after 1909-1927); studied grasses and fossil plants; studied early printed herbals and published a book on them (1912); Research Fellow, Newnham College (1912-1913 and 1918-1920); Fellow of University College, London; Keddey Fletcher-Warr Student, University of London (1920-1923); Leverhulme Research Fellow (1936-1938); first woman botanist to be elected to the Royal Society Memberships: FLS (1908); Botanical Society of America (Corresponding Member) Membership: Fellow Election Date: 21/03/1946.