Sarah Darwin

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Sarah Darwin (2012)

Sarah Catherine Darwin Vogel (* 1. April 1964 in London as Sarah Darwin ) is a British botanist .

Life

Sarah Darwin is a great-great-granddaughter of Charles Darwin . In 2009 she submitted her dissertation on the systematics and genetics of tomatoes in the Galapagos Islands to Sandra Knapp , James Mallet and Ziheng Yang at University College London .

She is the Vice President of the Galápagos Conservation Trust . Together with Iris Peralta she was the first to describe the endemic species Solanum galapagense . She is married to Johannes Vogel , with whom she has two sons.

In 2009 she was a participant in the research trip of the sailing ship Stad Amsterdam , initiated by the Dutch television broadcaster VPRO , which was supposed to recreate Charles Darwin's voyage with the HMS Beagle . Experiments were carried out on board by various scientists, which were reported in 35 episodes up to May 30, 2010 and in blog posts.

Individual evidence

  1. ^ Sarah Catherine Darwin: The systematics and genetics of tomatoes on the Galápagos Islands ( Solanum , Solanaceae). 2009, University College London. pdf ( Memento from March 20, 2012 in the Internet Archive )
  2. ↑ In conversation with Sarah and Robert Darwin. . Retrieved December 15, 2015.
  3. ^ Sarah C. Darwin, Sandra Knapp, Iris E. Peralta: Taxonomy of tomatoes in the Galápagos Islands: native and introduced species of Solanum section Lycopersicon (Solanaceae). Systematics and Biodiversity 1: 45–48, 2003. https://www.researchgate.net/publication/231786962_Taxonomy_of_tomatoes_in_the_Galpagos_Islands_Native_and_introduced_species_of_Solanum_section_Lycopersicon_Solanaceae
  4. ↑ Berliner Morgenpost. Berlin walk. Retrieved December 15, 2015
  5. ^ Relative recreates Darwin voyage: Relative recreates Darwin voyage. BBC News Channel, September 1, 2009, accessed December 16, 2015 .
  6. ↑ Beagle: On the Future of Species. VPRO, accessed December 16, 2015 (English, Dutch).
personal data
SURNAME Darwin, Sarah
ALTERNATIVE NAMES Vogel, Sarah Catherine (married name); Darwin, Sarah Catherine
BRIEF DESCRIPTION English botanist
DATE OF BIRTH April 1, 1964
PLACE OF BIRTH London