Helen Gwynne-Vaughan was an acclaimed mycologist, King’s College graduate, and Head of the Botany Department (as well as first female professor) at Birkbeck College long before she joined the Women’s Army Auxiliary Corps during World War I, and was made chief controller of the women deployed to France.
Czech botanist Johanna Döbereiner moved to Brazil in 1951, where she pioneered the study of how plants and microbes interact, such as how certain bacteria can promote plant growth.
Elizabeth Gasking worked at the University of Melbourne as a demonstrator in Botany 1948-1950 and then as a tutor, lecturer and senior lecturer in the Department of History and Philosophy of Science until her death.
1800s English linguist, natural historian and illustrator
Canadian journalist, novelist, mountaineer, botanist, photographer and lecturer
1800s Canadian teacher, artist, and poet
Australian botanist who joined Canberra Botanic Garden in 1967.
South African botanist
South African botanist who created the museum garden and rock garden in the Kimberley Public Gardens
1700s British botanist