List of women botanists
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This is a list of women botanists.
Name | Description | Birth date | Death date | Country | Image |
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A.S. Losina-Losinskaja | Soviet botanist (1903–1958) | 1903 | 1958 | Russian Empire Soviet Union |
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Adeline Ames | American mycologist | 1879 | 1976 | United States | |
Adriana Hoffmann | Chilean botanist | 1940 | Chile | ||
Adrienne Clarke | Australian botanist | 1938-01-06 | |||
Agnes Arber | British botanist | 1879-02-23 | 1960-03-22 | United Kingdom | |
Agnes Block | Dutch botanist and art collector | 1629-10-29 | 1704-04-20 | Netherlands | ![]() |
Agnes Ibbetson | British physiologist | 1757 | 1823-02 | United Kingdom of Great Britain and Ireland | |
Agnes Quirk | American botanist | 1884 | 1974 | United States | ![]() |
Aime Mäemets | Estonian scientist | 1930-09-29 | 1996-07-17 | ||
Aimée Antoinette Camus | French botanist | 1879-05-01 | 1965-04-17 | France | |
Aino Henssen | German lichenologist | 1925-04-12 | 2011-08-29 | Germany | |
Alice Eastwood | Canadian American botanist | 1859-01-19 | 1953-10-30 | Canada United States |
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Alice Faber Tryon | American botanist | 1920 | 2009 | United States | ![]() |
Alice Haskins | American botanist | 1880-04-24 | 1971-10-16 | United States | |
Alice Lounsberry | Botanist | 1872 | 1949 | United States | |
Alice Pegler | South African botanist | 1861-07-21 | 1929-06-17 | South Africa | ![]() |
Alicia Amherst | English horticulturist and author of the first scholarly account of English gardening history. | 1865 | 1941 | ||
Alicia Lourteig | Argentine botanist | 1913-12-17 | 2003-07-30 | Argentina | ![]() |
Almira Hart Lincoln Phelps | American educator and botanist | 1793-07-15 | 1884-07-15 | United States | ![]() |
Almut Gitter Jones | German-American botanist and plant taxonomist | 1923-09-08 | 2013-10-12 | United States | |
Amalie Dietrich | German naturalist | 1821-05-26 | 1891-03-09 | Germany | ![]() |
Amelia Griffiths | amateur phycologist | 1768 | 1858 | ||
Amy Jacot Guillarmod | South African botanist | 1911-05-23 | 1992 | South Africa | |
Angela Piskernik | botanist and conservationist | 1886-08-27 | 1967-12-23 | Slovenia | ![]() |
Angélica M. Arambarri | botanist and mycologist | 1945-04-22 | 2012-12-11 | Argentina | |
Angie Beckwith | American phytopathologist | 1881-01-27 | 1964-10-02 | United States | |
Ann Bishop | British biologist | 1899-12-19 | 1990-05-07 | ||
Ann Marvet | Estonian botanist | 1939-04-21 | |||
Anna Amelia Obermeyer | South African botanist | 1907-07-30 | 2001-10-10 | British Empire South Africa |
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Anna Atkins | English botanist and photographer | 1799-03-16 | 1871-06-09 | United Kingdom | ![]() |
Anna Maria Walker | Botanist in Ceylon | 1778 | 1852-09-08 | ||
Anna Maurizio | Swiss botanist | 1900-11-26 | 1993-07-24 | Switzerland | |
Anna Murray Vail | American botanist | 1863-01-07 | 1955-12-18 | United States | |
Anna Russell | Russell [née Worsley], Anna (1807–1876), botanist | 1807 | 1876 | ||
Anna Schchian | Russian botanist | 1905-07-09 | 1990-05-15 | Soviet Union | |
Anna Vickers | British phycologist | 1852-06-28 | 1906-08-01 | United Kingdom | |
Anna Weber-Van Bosse | Marine biologist | 1852-03-27 | 1942-10-29 | Kingdom of the Netherlands | ![]() |
Anne Brewis | Botanist | 1911-03-26 | 2002 | United Kingdom | |
Anne Catherine Hof Blinks | botanist | 1903 | 1995 | United States | |
Anne Elizabeth Ball | Irish botanist, algologist, and botanical illustrator | 1808 | 1872 | Ireland | |
Annie Gravatt | American phytopathologist | 1894 | 1986 | United States | |
Annie Lorrain Smith | British lichenologist | 1854-10-23 | 1937-09-07 | United Kingdom | |
Annie Morrill Smith | American botanist | 1856-02-13 | 1946 | United States | ![]() |
Anthea Phillipps | Botanist | 1956-06-03 | Malaysia | ||
Antonina Borissova | Russian botanist | 1903 | 1970 | Soviet Union | |
Antonina Pojarkova | expert on caucasian flora | 1897 | 1980 | Soviet Union | |
Arabella Elizabeth Roupell | British artist | 1817-03-23 | 1914-07-31 | South Africa | ![]() |
Astrid Cleve | Botanist, geologist, chemist | 1875-01-22 | 1968-04-08 | Sweden | |
Audrey Brooks | British botanist and plant pathologist | 1933 | 2018 | United Kingdom | |
Augusta Vera Duthie | South African botanist and mycologist (1881-1963) | 1881-07-18 | 1963-08-08 | South Africa | |
Avishag Zahavi | Israeli biologist | 1922 | 2021-10-31 | Israel | ![]() |
Barbara G. Briggs | Botanist | 1934-06-15 1934-11-22 1934 |
Australia | ||
Barbara Pickersgill | British botanist | 1940 | ![]() | ||
Beatrice Willard | botanist | 1927-12-19 1925 |
2003 | United States | |
Bernadette Cozart | American gardener and botanist | 1949-05-17 | 2009-07-27 | ||
Bernice Giduz Schubert | American botanist | 1913-10-06 | 2000-08-14 | United States | |
Bertha Stoneman | 1866-08-18 | 1943-04-30 | United States | ||
Berthe Hoola van Nooten | Dutch botanist | 1817-10-12 | 1892-04-12 | Kingdom of the Netherlands | ![]() |
Blanca Renée Arrillaga | Uruguayan scientist | 1917 | 2011 | Argentina | ![]() |
Bonnie C. Templeton | American botanist | 1906-10-23 | 2002 | United States | |
Carlotta Case Hall | American botanist | 1880 | 1949 | United States | |
Carmen Lelia Cristóbal | Botanist | 1932 | Argentina | ||
Carmen Pujals | Argentinian botanist | 1916 | 2003 | Argentina | |
Carrie Derick | Canadian botanist and geneticist | 1862-01-14 | 1941-11-10 | Canada | ![]() |
Catharine Furbish | American botanist | 1834-05-09 | 1931-12-06 | United States | |
Catharine Parr Traill | English-Canadian author | 1802-01-09 | 1899-08-29 | Canada | |
Catherine Gage | Irish botanist | 1815-05-18 | 1892-02-16 | ||
Cecile Hulse Matschat | American botanist and geographer | 1895 | 1976 | ||
Charlotte Cortlandt Ellis | American plant collector | 1874-06-27 | 1956-03-17 | United States | |
Charlotte Elliott | American plant physiologist | 1883 | 1974 | ||
Charlotte Grace O'Brien | Irish writer | 1845 | 1909 | ||
Chen Hang | Botanist | 1931 | |||
Chicita F. Culberson | American lichenologist | 1931-11-01 | United States | ||
Christine Buisman | Dutch botanist | 1900-03-22 | 1936-03-27 | Kingdom of the Netherlands | ![]() |
Christine Marie Berkhout | Dutch biologist | 1893 | 1932 | Kingdom of the Netherlands | |
Clara Eaton Cummings | American cryptogamic botanist | 1855-07-13 | 1906-12-28 | United States | ![]() |
Clara Ethelinda Larter | English botanist | 1847-06-27 | 1936-05-13 | United Kingdom | |
Clara H. Hasse | American botanist | 1880 | 1926-10-10 | United States | ![]() |
Clarissa Tracy | American botanist | 1818-11-12 | 1905-11-13 | United States | |
Clelia Durazzo Grimaldi | Botanist, aristocrat | 1760 | 1830 | ||
Cleofé Caldéron | Botanist | 1929-10-26 | 2007-03-19 | Argentina | ![]() |
Constance Endicott Hartt | American biologist | 1900-11-02 | 1984-12-21 | United States | ![]() |
Cythna Letty | South African botanical artist | 1895-01-01 | 1985-05-03 | South Africa | |
Daphne Osborne | Botanist | 1930-03-07 | 2006-06-16 | United Kingdom | |
Deborah M. Pearsall | American paleoethnobotany | 1950 | United States | ||
Dianne Edwards | Palaeobotanist | 1942 | United Kingdom | ||
Doris Löve | Swedish-Icelandic botanist (1918–2000) | 1918-01-02 | 2000-02-25 | Sweden | |
Dorothea Pertz | Pertz, Dorothea Frances Matilda [Dora] (1859–1939), botanist | 1859-03-14 | 1939-03-06 | ||
Dorothy Adlington Cadbury | British botanist and company director | 1892-10-14 | 1987-08-21 | United Kingdom | |
Dorothy Popenoe | English botanist and archaeologist | 1899-06 1899 |
1932 | United Kingdom | ![]() |
Éanna ni Lamhna | Entomologist, botanist, ecologist, radio and television presenter, author | 1950 | |||
Edith Coleman | Australian naturalist | 1874 | 1951 | Australia | |
Edith Gertrude Schwartz | botanist (1877-1971) | 1877-10-05 | 1971-07-26 | United States | |
Edith Katherine Cash | American mycologist | 1890-10-04 | 1992-04-06 | ||
Edith Layard Stephens | South African botanist | 1884 | 1966 | South Africa | |
Edna H. Fawcett | American botanist | 1879 | 1960 | United States | ![]() |
Edna P. Plumstead | Paleobotanist | 1903-09-15 | 1989-09-23 | ||
Effie Almira Southworth | American botanist | 1860 | 1947 | ||
Eileen Adelaide Bruce | British botanist (1905–1955) | 1905 | 1955 | United Kingdom | |
Elaine Bullard | British botanist | 1915 | 2011 | ||
Eleanor Marion Bennett | botanist | 1942 | Australia | ||
Eleanor Mary Reid | British palaeobotanist | 1860-11-13 | 1953-09-28 | United Kingdom | |
Eleanor Vachell | Welsh botanist | 1879-01-08 1879 |
1948-12-06 1948 |
United Kingdom | |
Elena Paunero Ruiz | Spanish botanist | 1906-09-21 | 2009-03-09 | Spain | |
Elisa Caroline Bommer | Belgian botanist | 1832-01-19 | 1910-01-17 | ![]() | |
Elisa de Vilmorin | French horticulturalist | 1826-05-03 | 1868-08-05 | France | |
Elisabeth Christina von Linné | Swedish botanist | 1743-06-14 | 1782-04-15 | Sweden | ![]() |
Elisabeth Gantt | American botanist | 1934 | United States | ||
Elisabeth Schiemann | botanist, geneticist | 1881-08-15 | 1972-01-03 | Germany | |
Elisabeth Tschermak-Woess | Austrian cytologist, phycologist and lichenologist | 1917-01-28 | 2001-04-26 | Austria | |
Elise Hofmann | Austrian paleobotanist | 1889-02-05 | 1955-03-14 | Austria | |
Eliza Amy Hodgson | Botanist | 1888-10-10 | 1983-01-07 | New Zealand | |
Eliza Ann Youmans | American botanist | 1826-12-17 | 1914-09-27 | United States | |
Eliza Standerwick Gregory | Botanist | 1840-12-06 | 1932-03-22 | United Kingdom | |
Elizabeth A. Widjaja | botanist | 1951 | |||
Elizabeth Blackwell | Scottish botanical illustrator and author | 1707 | 1758 | United Kingdom | ![]() |
Elizabeth Coleman White | Blueberry botanist | 1871-10-05 | 1954-11-11 | United States | |
Elizabeth Gertrude Britton | American botanist | 1857-01-09 | 1934-02-25 | United States | ![]() |
Elizabeth Jill Cowley | British botanist | 1950 | United Kingdom | ||
Elizabeth Lomax | English botanist | 1810-02-22 | 1895-03-16 | United Kingdom | |
Elizabeth McClintock | Botanist | 1912 | 2004 | United States | |
Elizabeth Stack (nee Jones) | Collector of ferns and mosses | 1829 | 1919 | New Zealand | |
Elizabeth Twining | English botanical illustrator | 1805 | 1889 | United Kingdom | ![]() |
Elke Mackenzie | British-American lichenologist | 1911-09-11 | 1990-01-18 | United Kingdom of Great Britain and Ireland | |
Ellen Hutchins | Irish botanist | 1785 | 1815 | Ireland | |
Ellen Schulz Quillin | American botanist, author and museum director | 1892-06-16 | 1970-05-06 | United States | |
Ellen Willmott | English horticulturist | 1858-08-19 | 1934-09-27 | United Kingdom | |
Ellen Wright Blackwell | Writer, botanist | 1864-10-07 | 1952-02-24 | New Zealand | |
Elsa Beata Bunge | Botanist | 1734-04-18 | 1819-01-19 | Sweden | |
Elsa Nyholm | Swedish botanist | 1911 | 2002 | Sweden | |
Elsie Conway | British botanist and phycologist | 1902 1902-03-15 |
1992 1992-07-22 |
United Kingdom | |
Elsie Elizabeth Esterhuysen | South African botanist | 1912 | 2006 | South Africa | |
Elsie M. Burrows | British Botanist | 1913 | 1986 | United Kingdom | |
Elsie Mary Griffin | Botany teacher, community organisation administrator | 1884-11-01 | 1968-05-03 | New Zealand | |
Elsie Maud Wakefield | British mycologist | 1886-07-03 | 1972-06-17 | United Kingdom | |
Elva Lawton | American botanist | 1896-04-03 | 1993-02-03 | United States | |
Elzada Clover | American botanist | 1896 | 1980 | United States | |
Emilie Snethlage | Brazilian naturalist and ornithologist | 1868-04-13 | 1929-11-25 | Brazil Germany |
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Emily Collins | British botanist | 1858 | 1945 | United Kingdom | |
Emily Dix | Paleobotanist | 1904-05-21 | 1972 | United Kingdom | |
Emma Cole | American botanist | 1845-01-23 | 1910-04-25 | United States | ![]() |
Emma Laughlin | 1866 | 1962 | |||
Emma Lucy Braun | American botanist | 1889-04-19 | 1971-03-05 | United States | |
Estella Leopold | American botanist | 1927 | United States | ||
Esther Orozco | Mexican biologist, researcher and politician | 1945-04-25 | Mexico | ||
Ethel Anson Peckham | botanist (1879-1965) | 1879 | 1965 | ||
Ethel Bailey Higgins | American botanist | 1866 | 1963 | United States | |
Ethel de Fraine | British botanist | 1879 | 1918 | United Kingdom | |
Ethel Sargant | Botanist | 1863-10-28 | 1918-01-16 | United Kingdom | ![]() |
Ethel Thomas | English botanist | 1876 | 1944 | ||
Ethel Zoe Bailey | American botanist (1889-1983) | 1889-11-17 | 1983 | United States | |
Eva Mameli Calvino | Botanist | 1886-02-12 | 1978-03-31 | Italy | |
Eva Schönbeck-Temesy | botanist (1930-2011) | 1930 | 2011 | ||
Eve Palmer | South African non-fiction writer and botanist | 1916-02-20 | 1998 | South Africa | |
Evelyn Booth | Irish botanist | 1897-10-30 | 1988 | Ireland | |
Flora Wambaugh Patterson | American mycologist | 1847 | 1928 | United States | ![]() |
Florence Hedges | American botanist | 1878-08-24 | 1956-12-17 | United States | ![]() |
Florence Meier Chase | American botanist | 1902 | 1978-05-06 | United States | ![]() |
Florence Woolward | British botanical illustrator and botanist | 1854 | 1936-01-03 | United Kingdom | |
Frances Acton | British botanist, archaeologist and artist (1794-1881) | 1794-07-07 | 1881-01-24 | United Kingdom | |
Frances Margaret Leighton | South African botanist | 1909-03-08 | 2006-01-08 | Union of South Africa South Africa Australia |
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Frances Meehan Latterell | Botanist | 1920-12-21 | 2008-11-05 | United States | |
Frances Theodora Parsons | Botanist | 1861-12-05 | 1952-06-10 | United States | ![]() |
Françoise Ardré | French botanist | 1931 | 2010 | France | |
Gabriele Rabel | Austrian botanist | 1880 | 1963 | Austria | ![]() |
Gabrielle Howard | British botanist | 1876-10-03 | 1930-08-18 | United Kingdom | |
Georgia Mason | Botanist | 1910-03-16 | 2007-10-08 | United States | |
Gertrud Dahlgren | botanist (1931-2009) | 1931 | 2009 | ||
Gertrude Bacon | Writer, Aeronaut, Botanist | 1874-04-19 | 1949-12-22 | ||
Gertrude Jekyll | garden designer, artist | 1843-11-29 | 1932-12-08 | United Kingdom | |
Gertrude Simmons Burlingham | early 20th-century American mycologist | 1872-04-21 | 1952-01-11 | United States | |
Gloria Galeano Garcés | Colombian scientist | 1958-04-22 | 2016-03-23 | Colombia | |
Grace Evelyn Pickford | Biologist | 1902 | 1986 | United States | |
Greta Stevenson | New Zealand mycologist | 1911-06-10 | 1990-12-18 | New Zealand | |
Grethe Rytter Hasle | Norwegian scientist | 1920-01-03 | 2013-11-09 | Norway | |
Gulielma Lister | Lister, Gulielma (1860–1949), mycologist and naturalist | 1860-10-28 | 1949-05-18 | ||
Guranda Gvaladze | Georgian botanist | 1932-06-23 | 2020-01-24 | ![]() | |
Gwendoline Joyce Lewis | British-born South African botanist (1909–1967) | 1909 | 1967 | United Kingdom South Africa |
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Haide-Ene Rebassoo | Estonian botanist | 1935-01-25 | |||
Hanna Margońska | Botanist, Taxonomist | 1968 | Poland | ||
Hanna Resvoll-Holmsen | Norwegian biologist | 1873-09-11 | 1943-03-13 | Norway | ![]() |
Hannah Caroline Aase | botanist (1883-1980) | 1883-07-12 | 1980-11-23 | ||
Harriet Creighton | American geneticist | 1909-06-27 | 2004-01-09 | United States | |
Harriet Margaret Louisa Bolus | South African botanist (1877-1970) | 1877-07-31 | 1970-04-05 | British Empire Union of South Africa South Africa |
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Hazel Marguerite Schmoll | American botanist (1890–1990) | 1890-08-23 | 1990-01-31 | United States | |
Hedvig Lovén | Swedish botanist | 1867 | 1943 | Sweden | |
Heidrun Elsbeth Klara Osterwald Hartmann | German botanist | 1942-08-05 1942 |
2016-07-11 | Germany | |
Helen Margaret Gilkey | American mycologist | 1886 | 1972 | United States | |
Helen Morgenthau Fox | Botanist and author of gardening books | 1884-05-27 | 1974-01-13 | United States | ![]() |
Helen Porter | British botanist | 1899-11-10 | 1987-12-07 | ![]() | |
Helen Sharsmith | American botanist | 1905-08-26 | 1982-11-10 | United States | |
Helena Krzemieniewska | Polish botanist and microbiologist | 1878 | 1966 | Poland | |
Helena Perpenti | Italian scientist (1764–1846) | 1764 | 1846 | Italy | |
Hélène Durand | botanist (1883-1934) | 1883-08 | 1934-08 | ||
Helia Bravo | Mexican botanist | 1901-09-30 | 2001-09-26 | Mexico | |
Henrietta Hooker | American botanist | 1851-12-12 | 1929-05-13 | United States | |
Hildur Krog | Norwegian botanist | 1922-03-22 | 2014-08-25 | Norway | |
Hiltje Maas-van de Kamer | Dutch botanist | 1941-12-09 | Kingdom of the Netherlands | ||
Ilma Grace Stone | Australian botanist | 1913 | 2001 | ||
Inez Clare Verdoorn | South African botanist | 1896-06-15 | 1989 | South Africa | |
Inez M. Haring | US botanist | 1875 | 1968 | USA | |
Inger Nordal | Norwegian botanist | 1944-08-11 | Norway | ||
Irene Manton | British botanist | 1904-04-17 | 1988-05-13 | United Kingdom | ![]() |
Irina Grudzinskaya | Russian botanist | 1920 | 2011 | ||
Isabel Clifton Cookson | Australian botanist | 1893-12-25 | 1973-07-01 | Australia | |
Isabella Abbott | Educator, ethnobotanist | 1919-06-20 | 2010-10-28 | United States | |
Isabella Preston | botanist (1881-1965) | 1881 | 1965 | ||
Isobel Wylie Hutchison | Scottish Arctic traveller and botanist | 1889 | 1982 | ![]() | |
Janaki Ammal | Indian botanist | 1897 | 1984-02 | India | |
Jane W. Loudon | English science fiction writer | 1807-08-19 | 1858-07-13 | United Kingdom | ![]() |
Jane Colden | Botanist | 1724-03-27 | 1766-03-10 | United States | |
Jane Glazebrook | American botanist | ||||
Jane Ingham | English botanist and scientific translator | 1897-08-15 | 1982-09-10 | United Kingdom | |
Janet Russell Perkins | American botanist and explorer (1853–1933) | 1853 | 1933 | United States | |
Janet Sprent | British botanist | 1934 | United Kingdom | ||
Janice C. Beatley | American botanist and ecologist | 1919-03-18 | 1987-11-14 | United States | |
Jantina Tammes | Dutch botanist and geneticist | 1871-06-23 | 1947-09-20 | Kingdom of the Netherlands | |
Jayne V. Armstrong | British botanist | United Kingdom | |||
Jean Finnegan | Australian botanist | ||||
Jean Galbraith | Australian botanist and writer | 1906-03-28 | 1999-01-02 | Australia | |
Jean White-Haney | Australian botanist | 1877-03-11 | 1952-10-21 | ||
Jeanne Baré | French explorer | 1740-07-27 | 1807-08-05 | France | ![]() |
Jenny Hempel | Danish botanist | 1882-02-19 | 1975-02-13 | Denmark | |
Joan Cribb | Australian botanist | 1930 | Australia | ||
Joan Dingley | New Zealand mycologist | 1916-05-14 | 2008-01-01 | New Zealand | |
Joan Margaret Legge | British botanist | 1885-02-21 | 1939-07-04 | ||
Joanne Chory | American plant biologist | 1955-03-19 | United States | ||
Johanna Westerdijk | Dutch plant pathologist | 1883-01-04 | 1961-11-15 | Kingdom of the Netherlands | ![]() |
Josephine Kablick | Czech scientist | 1787 | 1863 | Austrian Empire | ![]() |
Joyce Lambert | Botanist | 1916-06-23 | 2005-05-04 | ||
Joyce Winifred Vickery | Australian botanist | 1908-12-15 | 1979-05-29 | ||
Judith Gay West | Australian botanist | 1949 | Australia | ||
Julia Morton | Botanist, Author | 1912-04-25 | 1996-09-10 | United States | |
Julia Wilmotte Henshaw | Canadian botanist and writer | 1869 | 1937 | Canada | ![]() |
Julie F. Barcelona | Filipino botanist | 1972 | Philippines | ||
Juliet Wege | Botanist | 1971 | Australia | ||
Juliette de Bairacli Levy | English herbalist and veterinarian | 1912 | 2009 | United Kingdom | |
Kate Crooks | Canadian botanist | 1833 | 1871 | Canada | |
Kate Sessions | American botanist and landscape architect | 1857-11-08 | 1940-03-24 | United States | |
Katharina Perch-Nielsen | Swiss orienteer | 1940-10-26 | Switzerland | ||
Käthe Hoffmann | German botanist (1883–1931) | 1883 | 1931 | German Empire Weimar Republic |
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Katherine Esau | German-American botanist | 1898-04-03 | 1997-06-04 | United States | |
Katherine Kane | Irish botanist | 1811-03-18 | 1886-02-25 | United Kingdom of Great Britain and Ireland | |
Katherine Warington | British botanist | 1897-09-05 | 1993-07-03 | ||
Kathleen Anne Kron | biology professor; studies Ericaceae | 1956 | |||
Kathleen Basford | British botanist | 1916-09-06 | 1998-12-20 | ||
Kathleen Bever Blackburn | British botanist | 1892 | 1968 | United Kingdom | ![]() |
Kathleen Maisey Curtis | Mycologist | 1892-08-15 | 1994-09-05 | New Zealand | |
Kathleen Mary Drew-Baker | British phycologist | 1901 | 1957 | ![]() | |
Ladema Langdon | 1893-01-05 | 1977-04 | |||
Lady Anne Monson | English botanist and collector of plants and insects | 1726 | 1776 | ||
Leia Scheinvar | Mexican botanist | 1954 | Mexico | ||
Lela Viola Barton | Botanist, specializing in seeds. | 1901-11-14 | 1967-07-31 | United States | |
Lena Clemmons Artz | American botanist | 1891-08-03 | 1976-06-02 | United States | ![]() |
Libby Houston | Botanist | 1941-12-09 | United Kingdom | ||
Liivia Laasimer | Estonian botanist | 1918-06-21 | 1988-02-26 | ||
Lilian Clarke | botanist and teacher | 1866-01-27 | 1934-02-12 | United Kingdom | |
Lilian Gibbs | Botanist | 1870-09-10 | 1925-01-30 | United Kingdom | |
Lilian Snelling | Botanical illustrator | 1879 | 1972-10-12 | United Kingdom | |
Lily May Perry | Canadian botanist (1895–1992) | 1895-01-05 | 1992-03-11 | United States | |
Lily Newton | botanist (1893-1981) | 1893-01-26 | 1981 | United Kingdom | |
Lois Brako | American botanist | 1950-12-05 | United States | ||
Louise Guthrie | South African botanist (1879-1966) | 1879-10-10 | 1966-02-20 | South Africa | |
Lucia McCulloch | American botanist | 1873-02-26 | 1955-02-10 | United States | ![]() |
Lucy Beatrice Moore | Botanist, ecologist | 1906-07-14 | 1987-06-09 | New Zealand | |
Lucy Cranwell | New Zealand botanist | 1907-08-07 | 2000-06-08 | New Zealand | |
Ludmila Kuprianova | Russian botanist | 1914-09 | 1987-01-13 | Soviet Union | |
Luisa Eugenia Navas | Chilean botanist | 1918 | Chile | ||
Lula Pace | First female Baylor University professor with a PhD | 1868 | 1925 | United States | |
Lynn G. Clark | American botanist | 1956 | United States | ||
Lynn Margulis | American evolutionary biologist | 1938-03-05 | 2011-11-22 | United States | ![]() |
Maevia Noemí Correa | Argentinian botanist | 1914-02-14 | 2005-04-18 | Argentina | |
Máirin de Valéra | Irish botanist | 1912 | 1984 | ||
Margaret A. Dix | British botanist | 1939-05-19 | United Kingdom | ||
Margaret Adebisi Sowunmi | Nigerian botanist and environmental archaeologist | 1939-09-24 | Nigeria | ||
Margaret Bentinck, Duchess of Portland | British duchess | 1715-02-11 | 1785-04-09 | United Kingdom | ![]() |
Margaret Clay Ferguson | American botanist | 1863-08-29 | 1951-08-28 | United States | ![]() |
Margaret Elizabeth Barr-Bigelow | Canadian mycologist | 1923-04-16 | 2008-04-01 | Canada | |
Margaret Gatty | British writer | 1809-06-03 | 1873-10-04 | United Kingdom | ![]() |
Margaret Jane Benson | English botanist | 1859 | 1936 | United Kingdom | |
Margaret Sibella Brown | Canadian bryologist | 1866 | 1961 | Canada | ![]() |
Margaret Levyns | South AFrican botanist | 1890-10-24 | 1975-11-11 | South Africa | |
Margery Claire Carlson | botanist (1892-1985) | 1892-11-21 | 1985-07-05 | United States | |
Margot Williams | American botanist | United States | |||
Mari Reitalu | Estonian botanist | 1941-02-10 | |||
Maria Fadiman | Botanist | 1969-07-04 | United States | ||
Maria Gugelberg von Moos | Swiss botanist | 1836 | 1918 | Switzerland | ![]() |
Maria Jacson | English writer | 1755 | 1829-10-10 | United Kingdom | |
Maria Koepcke | German and Peruvian ornithologist | 1924-05-15 | 1971-12-24 | Germany | |
Maria Wilman | South African botanist | 1867-04-29 | 1957-11-09 | South Africa | |
Marian Farquharson | Naturalist, women's rights activist | 1846-07-02 | 1912-04-20 | United Kingdom | |
Marie Beatrice Schol-Schwarz | Dutch physopathologist | 1898-07-12 | 1969-07-27 | Kingdom of the Netherlands | |
Marie Jean-Eudes Tellier | Religious Sister and botanist | 1897 | 1978 | Canada | |
Marie Prins | South African botanist | 1948 | South Africa | ||
Marie Stopes | British paleontologist | 1880-10-15 | 1958-10-02 | United Kingdom | ![]() |
Marie Taylor | American botanist | 1911 | 1990-12 | United States | |
Marie-Anne Libert | Belgian botanist | 1782-04-07 | 1865-01-14 | Belgium | |
Marie-Hélène Sachet | French botanist | 1922 | 1986 | France | |
Marietta Pallis | Greek-British ecologist | 1882 | 1963 | ||
Marion Delf-Smith | British botanist | 1883-01-31 | 1980-02-23 | United Kingdom | |
Marion E. Moodie | Canadian botanist | 1867 | 1958 | ||
Marjorie Elizabeth Jane Chandler | English palaeobotanist | 1897-05-18 | 1983-10-01 | United Kingdom | |
Mary Agard Pocock | South African phycologist | 1886 | 1977-07-20 | South Africa | |
Mary Agnes Chase | American botanical illustrator and botanist | 1869-04-29 | 1963-09-24 | United States | ![]() |
Mary Albertson | American botanist | 1838-06-21 | 1914-08-19 | United States | |
Mary Ann Robb | Botanist | 1829 | 1912 | ||
Mary Bowerman | American botanist | 1908-01-25 | 2005-08-21 | United States | |
Mary Elizabeth Barber | British naturalist, South African biologist | 1818-01-05 | 1899-09-04 | United Kingdom | |
Mary Gibson Henry | Botanist | 1884 | 1967 | United States | |
Mary K. Bryan | American botanist | 1877-02-13 | 1926 | United States | ![]() |
Mary Katharine Brandegee | American botanist | 1844-10-28 | 1920-04-03 | United States | |
Mary Pirie | Scottish botanist and teacher | 1822-01-20 | 1885-02-08 | Scotland | |
Mary Somerset, Duchess of Beaufort | English noblewoman, gardener and botanist, died 1715 | 1630-12-16 | 1715-01-07 | United Kingdom | ![]() |
Mary Sophie Young | American botanist | 1872-09-20 | 1919 | United States | |
Mary Strong Clemens | American botanist | 1873-01-03 | 1968-04-13 | United States | ![]() |
Mary Sutherland | Forester, botanist | 1893 | 1955 | New Zealand | |
Mary Therese Kalin Arroyo | New Zealand botanist | 1944 | New Zealand | ||
Mary Tindale | Botanist | 1920-09-19 | 2011-03-31 | ||
Mary Treat | American biologist | 1830-09-07 | 1923-04-11 | United States | |
Mary Wharton | American botanist | 1912-10-12 | 1991 | United States | |
Matilda Cullen Knowles | Irish botanist | 1864-01-31 | 1933-04-27 1933-04-23 |
Ireland | |
Matilda Smith | Botanical illustrator | 1854 | 1926 | United Kingdom | ![]() |
Maureen Ann Donnelly | 1954-08-10 | ||||
Meenakshi Banerjee | Indian cyanobacteriologist | India | |||
Mildred Adams Fenton | American scientist | 1899-11-14 | 1995-12-07 | United States | ![]() |
Mildred Ester Mathias | American botanist | 1906-09-19 | 1995-02-16 | United States | |
Miriam Phoebe de Vos | South African botanist | 1912 | 2005 | South Africa | |
Monique Keraudren | French botanist | 1928-12-08 | 1981-05-25 | France | |
Nancy Adams | botanist and botanical artist | 1926-05-19 | 2007-03-27 | New Zealand | |
Nancy Tyson Burbidge | Australian botanist, conservationist and herbarium curator | 1912-08-05 | 1977-03-04 | Australia | ![]() |
Naomi Feinbrun | Botanist, University Professor | 1900 | 1995-03-08 | Russian Empire Romania Israel |
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Nélida María Bacigalupo | Argentinian botanist | 1924 | 2019 | Argentina | |
Nellie Adalesa Brown | American botanist | 1876 | 1956 | United States | ![]() |
Nina Avgustinovna Adolf | Russian botanist | 1903 | 1951 | ||
Nina Golubkova | Russian lichenologist | 1932-01-28 | 2009-08-24 | Russia | |
Nora Lilian Alcock | Pioneering plant pathologist | 1874-08-18 | 1972-03-31 | ![]() | |
Norah Lillian Penston | British botanist and academic administrator | 1903-08-20 | 1974-02-01 | ||
Nuncia María Tur | Argentinian botanist | 1940 | Argentina | ||
O.F. Mizgireva | botanist and painter (1908-2000) | 1908 | 2000 | Soviet Union | |
Olga Fédchenko | Russian botanist | 1845-10-30 | 1921-04-24 | Russian Empire | ![]() |
Olive Blanche Davies | Australian botanical artist | 1884-10-27 | 1976 | Australia | |
Olive Mary Hilliard | South African botanist | 1925-07-04 | 2022 | South Africa | |
Orra White Hitchcock | American woman botanical artist | 1796-03-08 | 1863-05-26 | United States | |
Ottoline Leyser | British botanist | 1965-03-07 | |||
Pamela S. Soltis | American botanist | 1957-11-13 | United States | ||
Pamela Woods | British botanist | 1952 | United Kingdom | ||
Pat Wolseley | Botanist | 1938 | United Kingdom | ||
Patricia Berjak | South African botanist | 1939-12-29 | 2015-01-21 | South Africa | |
Patricia G. Gensel | American paleobotanist | 1944 | |||
Paula J. Rudall | botanist | 1954 | |||
Paula Pryke | British botanist | 1960-04-29 | United Kingdom | ||
Pauline Dy Phon | Cambodian botanist (1933-2010) | 1933 | 2010-05-21 | Cambodia | |
Pauline Ladiges | Australian botanist | 1948-01-19 1948 |
Australia | ||
Phoebe Lankester | Lankester [née Pope], Phebe [pseud. Penelope] (1825–1900), writer on botany and health | 1825-04-10 1825 |
1900-04-09 1900 |
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Phyllis Clinch | Irish botanist | 1901-09-12 | 1984-10-19 | ||
Pippa Greenwood | British botanist | United Kingdom | ![]() | ||
Princess Theresa of Bavaria | Bavarian princess, scientist, philanthropist | 1850-11-12 | 1925-12-19 1925-09-19 |
Germany | ![]() |
Priscilla Susan Bury | British botanist | 1799-01-12 | 1872-03-08 | United Kingdom | |
Rana Ellen Munns | Australian botanist | ||||
Rica Erickson | Australian historian and botanist | 1908-08-10 | 2009-09-08 | Australia | |
Rosa Olga Sansom | Teacher, museum director, botanist, broadcaster, writer | 1900 | 1989 | New Zealand | |
Roseli Ocampo-Friedmann | Filipino-American microbiologist and botanist | 1937-11-23 | 2005-09-04 | United States | |
Rosette Batarda Fernandes | Portuguese scientist | 1916-01-10 | 2005-05-28 | Portugal | |
Rosmarie Honegger | Swiss lichenologist | 1947 | Switzerland | ||
Roxana Judkins Stinchfield Ferris | botanist | 1895-04-13 | 1978-06-30 | United States | ![]() |
Ruth Colvin Starrett McGuire | Botanist | 1893 | 1950 | United States | ![]() |
Ruth F. Allen | plant pathologist | 1879 | 1963 | United States | |
Ruth Kiew | botanist | 1946 | |||
Ruth Mason | New Zealand botanist | 1913-11-07 1913 |
1990-05-14 1990 |
New Zealand | |
Ruth Patrick | American botanist and limnologist | 1907-11-26 | 2013-09-23 | United States | |
Sandra Knapp | botanist | 1956-12-09 1956 |
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Sara Plummer Lemmon | American botanist | 1836-09-03 | 1923 | United States | |
Sarah Bowdich Lee | English naturalist and author | 1791-09-10 | 1856-09-22 | United Kingdom of Great Britain and Ireland | |
Sarah Darwin | English botanist | 1964-04-14 | United Kingdom | ||
Sarah Martha Baker | British botanist | 1887-06-04 | 1917-05-29 | United Kingdom | |
Shirley Sherwood | Botanist | 1933-07-01 | United Kingdom | ||
Shakti M. Gupta[1] | Ethnobotanist | 1927 | Lahore, Pakistan | ||
Shiu-Ying Hu | Chinese botanist | 1908-02-26 | 2012-05-22 | People's Republic of China | |
Silvia Blumenfeld | Argentine mycologist | 1949 | Argentina | ||
Silvia Zenari | Italian botanist | 1895-03-31 | 1956-06-30 | Italy | |
Siri von Reis | American botanist and writer | 1931-02-10 | 2021-08-03 | United States | ![]() |
Sophia Eckerson | American botanist | 1954-07-19 | United States | ||
Sophie Charlotte Ducker | botanist (1909-2004) | 1909 | 2004 | ||
Stella Grace Maisie Carr | Australian ecologist | 1912-02-26 | 1988-09-09 | Australia | |
Stella Ross-Craig | British artist | 1906-03-19 | 2006-02-06 | ||
Susan Carter Holmes | British botanist | 1933 | United Kingdom | ||
Susanne Renner | German botanist | 1954-10-05 1954 |
Germany | ||
Suzanne Mary Prober | Australian botanist | 1964 | Australia | ||
Thekla Resvoll | Norwegian botanist | 1871-05-22 | 1948-06-14 | Norway | ![]() |
Theodora Lisle Prankerd | British botanist | 1878-06-21 | 1939-11-11 | United Kingdom | |
Thistle Yolette Harris | Australian botanist | 1902-07-29 | 1990-07-05 | ||
Tiiu Kull | Estonian botanist | 1958-08-26 | |||
Tracy L. Kahn | American botanist | United States | |||
Ülle Kukk | Estonian botanist and conservationist | 1937-11-18 | |||
Ursula Katharine Duncan | British botanist | 1910-09-17 | 1985-01-27 | United Kingdom | |
Vandika Ervandovna Avetisyan | Armenian botanist and mycologist | 1928-10-5 | Armenia Soviet Union |
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Vera Scarth-Johnson | Botanist | 1912 | 1999 | ![]() | |
Victoria Ann Funk | American botanist | 1947-11-26 | 2019-10-22 | United States | |
Violet Dickson | English botanist, writer, and Orientalist | 1896-09-03 | 1991-01-04 | ||
Vivi Laurent-Täckholm | Swedish botanist | 1898-01-07 | 1978 | Sweden | ![]() |
Vivienne Cassie Cooper | New Zealand planktologist and botanist | 1926-09-29 | New Zealand | ||
Wanda Kirkbride Farr | US botanist | 1895-01-09 | 1983 | United States | ![]() |
Wanda Zabłocka | Polish botanist, phytopathologist, mycologist | 1900-12-20 | 1978-11-30 | Poland | |
Winifred Brenchley | British botanist | 1883-08-10 | 1953-10-27 | ![]() | |
Winifred Curtis | British–Australian botanist | 1905-06-15 | 2005-10-14 | Australia | |
Winifred Mary Page | British botanist | 1887 | 1965-3-9 | ||
Ynes Mexia | Mexican botanist | 1870-05-24 | 1938-07-12 | United States Mexico |
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Yolande Dalpé | botanist | 1948 | |||
Zinaida Botschantzeva | Russian botanist and embryologist, professor | 1907-08-10 | 1973-08-17 | Soviet Union | ![]() |
See also
References
- ^ Gupta, Shakti M (1971-01-01). Plant myths and traditions in India. Leiden: Brill. OCLC 157094.
External links
- Women in Botany - Interactive database, containing biographical and bibliographical information on more than 10.000 women in all fields of botany