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Marion Bamford

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Marion Bamford
Marion Bamford
Alma materUniversity of the Witwatersrand
Scientific career
FieldsPaleobotany
InstitutionsUniversity of the Witwatersrand
ThesisThe Angiosperm Palaeoflora From The Orapa Pipe, Botswana (1989)

Marion Kathaleen Bamford is a Zimbabwean[1] paleobotanist, and is a professor at University of the Witwatersrand in Johannesburg, South Africa.[2]

Early life and education

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Marion was born in Zimbabwe.[3] She received her PhD, MSc, and BSc (Honors) at University of the Witwatersrand.[4][2]

Career

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At University Of The Witwatersrand, she gives lectures about paleobotany to undergraduate students, and researches fossil woods,[1] as well as leaf fossils, seed pollen, phytolith, and stems from the Permian period to the Holocene period.[2] She has published more than 100 journal papers, and is a Fellow of The Royal Society of South Africa.[2]

See also

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References

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  1. ^ a b "Marion Bamford - Popular Archeology".
  2. ^ a b c d "Bamford". African Scientists Directory. Retrieved 2022-05-22.
  3. ^ "Popular Archeology". popular-archaeology.com. Retrieved 2022-05-22.
  4. ^ "Marion.Bamford@wits.ac.za - Wits University". www.wits.ac.za. Retrieved 2022-05-22.
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