Winifred Boys-Smith
Winifred Boys-Smith | |
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 Photo of Winifred Boys-Smith from the Otago Witness in March 1911 | |
| Born | Winifred Lily Boys-Smith 7 November 1865 |
| Died | 1 January 1939 (aged 73) |
| Education | Girton College, Cambridge |
| Occupation | Scientist, Professor |
Winifred Lily Boys-Smith (7 November 1865 – 1 January 1939) was an English science artist and lecturer, university professor, school principal. She was born in Corsham, Wiltshire, England on 7 November 1865.[1]
Boys-Smith studied at the Girton College, Cambridge between 1891 and 1895. She took the full honours course for natural sciences tripos, however, was only given a certificate as women were not granted degrees at the time.[2]
She taught at Cheltenham Ladies College from 1896 to 1906[1] and the University of Otago from 1911.
Her nephew, John Sandwith Boys Smith, was Master of St John's College, Cambridge[3] and Vice-Chancellor of the University of Cambridge from 1963 to 1965.[4]
When Flowering Plants was published in 1903, a review in Nature called the illustrations "unusually good".[5]
Boys-Smith features as one of the Royal Society Te Apārangi's "150 women in 150 words" project in 2017, celebrating the contribution of women to knowledge in New Zealand.[6]
Books illustrated[]
- Laurie, Charlotte (1903). Flowering Plants: Their Structure And Habitat. Allman and Sons.
- Laurie, Charlotte (1905). A text-book of elementary botany. Allman and Sons.
References[]
- ^ Jump up to: a b McDonald, Heath. "Winifred Lily Boys-Smith". Dictionary of New Zealand Biography. Ministry for Culture and Heritage. Retrieved 23 April 2017.
- ^ Taonga, New Zealand Ministry for Culture and Heritage Te Manatu. "Boys-Smith, Winifred Lily". Retrieved 9 October 2018.
- ^ "Correspondence and papers of John Sandwith Boys Smith (1901–1991), theologian, Master of St John's 1959–1969 | St John's College, Cambridge". www.joh.cam.ac.uk. Retrieved 20 January 2017.
- ^ Weglowska, Magdalena (23 February 2015). "History of the Vice-Chancellorship". www.v-c.admin.cam.ac.uk. Retrieved 20 January 2017.
- ^ "Flowering Plants: their Structure and Habitat". Nature. 68 (1774): 621. 1903. doi:10.1038/068621d0. ISSN 1476-4687.
- ^ "150 Women in 150 Words". Royal Society Te Apārangi. Retrieved 18 August 2019.
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