Catherine Rob
Catherine Muriel Rob FLS | |
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Born | Thirsk, England | 21 February 2016
Died | 6 February 1975 | (aged 68)
Other names | Kitty Rob |
Occupation | Botanist |
Catherine "Kitty" Muriel Rob FLS (21 February 1906 – 6 February 1975) was a British botanist.[1][2][3]
Biography[]
Rob was born in 1906 at Catton Hall near Thirsk and lived there her whole life.[2]
Rob was a self taught botanist. She joined the Wild Flower Society at age 17 and remained involved with it throughout her life.[3][4] She served in the army during the Second World War with the rank of corporal and was based at Catterick Garrison, where she worked as a cook.[3][4] Rob gave lectures on botany to many learned societies and ran WEA courses in botany.[2]
Rob joined the Yorkshire Naturalists' Union in 1934 and became the recorder for flowering plants in North Yorkshire in 1935, remaining in this role for 37 years.[2] She variously served as Secretary (1955-1958) of the Botanical section of the YNU, as its Chairman in 1970, and has President of the whole Union in 1969.[2] Kit was a member of the Botanical Society of the British Isles and served as its vice-president from 1961 to 1963.[2] She also served as the Vice-President of the Yorkshire Philosophical Society.[5]
In her later years she bred Cardigan Welsh Corgis, including a Best of Breed named 'Echium of Hezelclose' at Crufts in 1968.[3][6]
Family[]
Rob had two brothers, one of who was named Charles. Rob was a carer for her mother and two aunties, all of whom also lived at Catton Hall.[4]
References[]
- ^ "Rob, Catherine 'Kit' Muriel, 1906-1975, botanist". Borthwick Institute for Archives. Retrieved 13 November 2020.
- ^ a b c d e f "CATHERINE MURIEL ROB F.L.S. 1906-1975". The Naturalist: A Quarterly Journal of Natural History for the North of England (932): 67–68. March 1975.
- ^ a b c d "Catherine Muriel 'Kit' Rob". Her Story York. Retrieved 13 November 2020.
- ^ a b c "Catherine Muriel Rob". Wildflower Society Magazine. Summer 1975. pp. 6–7.
- ^ "Officers for the year 1954". Annual Report of the Yorkshire Philosophical Society: 1. 1954.
- ^ "UK CH Echium of Hezelclose". The Cardigan Archives. Retrieved 13 November 2020.
- 1906 births
- 1975 deaths
- Fellows of the Linnean Society of London
- Members of the Yorkshire Philosophical Society
- People from Thirsk
- English botanists
- Women botanists
- Dog breeders
- British women in World War II
- Members of the Yorkshire Naturalists' Union