Marian Busk
Marian Busk , b. Balfour (* 1861 in Great Britain ; † March 31, 1941 Checkendon , Oxfordshire in Great Britain) was a British botanist and suffragette .
Career
Marian Busk was the daughter of the silk merchant Lewis Balfour. After private studies in botany and chemistry , she continued this in 1879 in London at Queen's College . In 1883 she was awarded a Bachelor of Science degree . After a break of several years, she continued her studies at Queen's College. She then assisted Francis Wall Oliver in the translation of Kerner's plant life. In 1894 this work was published under the title Natural History of Plants . In recognition of her academic achievements, Marian Busk was elected a member of the Linnean Society on April 5, 1905 .
Marian Busk actively campaigned for women's suffrage . She was Treasurer of the University of London Graduate Women's Suffrage Society .
In 1880 she married Edward Henry Busk, the only child of the marriage of law teacher and knight Henry William and Mary Anne Busk.
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- Renate Strohmeyer: Lexicon of the natural scientists and women of Europe . Verlag Harri Deutsch, Frankfurt am Main 1998, ISBN 3-8171-1567-9 , p. 62-63 .
- Lewis Balfour: Obituaries . In: Proceedings of the Linnean Society of London . tape 154 , no. 3 , 1943, p. 271-272 , doi : 10.1111 / j.1095-8312.1943.tb00329.x .
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Individual evidence
| personal data | |
|---|---|
| SURNAME | Busk, Marian |
| ALTERNATIVE NAMES | Balfour, Marian |
| BRIEF DESCRIPTION | British botanist and suffragette |
| DATE OF BIRTH | 1861 |
| PLACE OF BIRTH | Great Britain |
| DATE OF DEATH | March 31, 1941 |
| Place of death | Checkendon , Oxfordshire |