Agnes Arber

Agnes Arber, née Agnes Robertson ( born February 23, 1879 in London, † March 22, 1960 in Cambridge ) was an English botanist. It is mainly for their studies on the comparative anatomy of plants, especially the monocots ( Liliopsida, formerly Monocotyledoneae ) known. Your official botanical author abbreviation is " A.Arber ".

Life and work

Agnes Robertson was the daughter of Henry Robert Robertson, who ran a private school in Slough, and his wife Lucy Agnes Turner. She attended the University of London, where she received her B.Sc. 1899 and 1905 their D.Sc. made; after she graduated from Cambridge University with an MA from. From 1902 Agnes Arber took on a job as a research assistant at Ethel Sargant. In 1909 she married Edward Alexander Newell Arber, a palaeobotanist at the University of Cambridge.

Agnes Arber had a daughter.

Honors

In 1908 she became a member of the Linnean Society of London, from which she received the Linnean Medal in 1948. In 1946 she was - elected as a member ( "Fellow" ) to the Royal Society - the first female botanist at all. She was also a corresponding member of the Botanical Society of America.

Works

  • Herbals. Their origin and evolution. In 1912. A list of herbs which have been published 1470-1670. doi: 10.5962/bhl.title.31068 doi: 10.5962/bhl.title.55453

Comparative Anatomy:

  • Water Plants: A Study of Aquatic Angiosperms. University Press, Cambridge, 1920, doi: 10.5962/bhl.title.18925 doi: 10.5962/bhl.title.17150
  • Devonian floras: A study of the origin of Cormophyta. University Press, Cambridge, 1921, doi: 10.5962/bhl.title.56742 doi: 10.5962/bhl.title.7698
  • Monocotyledons: A Morphological Study. In 1925.
  • The Gramineae: A Study of Cereal, Bamboo and Grass., 1934.

In later works, their interest in philosophy can be seen:

  • The Natural Philosophy of Plant shape., 1950.
  • The Mind and the Eye: A Study of the Biologist 's Standpoint. In 1954.
  • The Manifold and the One. In 1957.

Swell

  • Entry in the Britannica, 15th Edition, 1998. (English )
  • Entry at the Royal Society (English )
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