Agnes Arber

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

Live and act

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

Agnes Arber had a daughter.

Honors

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

According to her, the plant genus Arberella Soderstr. & CECalderón from the sweet grass family (Poaceae) and the mushroom genus Arberia Nieuwl. named.

Publications

Herbals. Their origin and evolution. 1912 (2nd edition Cambridge 1953). A directory of herbs published between 1470 and 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 . 1925.
The Gramineae: A Study of Cereal, Bamboo and Grass . 1934.

Her interest in philosophy becomes evident in later works:

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

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Entry in Britannica , 15th edition, 1998. (Eng.)
Entry to Arber; Agnes (1879-1960) in the Archives of the Royal Society , London

Individual evidence

↑ Lotte Burkhardt: Directory of eponymous plant names - Extended Edition. Part I and II. Botanic Garden and Botanical Museum Berlin , Freie Universität Berlin , Berlin 2018, ISBN 978-3-946292-26-5 doi: 10.3372 / epolist2018 .

Web links

Author entry and list of the described plant names for Agnes Arber at the IPNI

personal data
SURNAME	Arber, Agnes
ALTERNATIVE NAMES	Robertson, Agnes (maiden name)
BRIEF DESCRIPTION	English botanist
DATE OF BIRTH	February 23, 1879
PLACE OF BIRTH	London
DATE OF DEATH	March 22, 1960
Place of death	Cambridge

[Burkhardt_2018-1] Lotte Burkhardt: Directory of eponymous plant names - Extended Edition. Part I and II. Botanic Garden and Botanical Museum Berlin , Freie Universität Berlin , Berlin 2018, ISBN 978-3-946292-26-5 doi: 10.3372 / epolist2018 .