Rosamund Flora Shove
Rosamund Flora Shove FLS | |
|---|---|
| Born | c. 1878 |
| Died | 17 October 1954 (aged 76) Richmond, Greater London, England |
| Education | Girton College, Cambridge |
| Occupation | Botanist |
| Employer | Maria Grey Training College |
| Organization | Linnean Society of London |
Rosamund Flora Shove FLS (c. 1878 – 17 October 1954) was an English botanist. She was a fellow of the Linnean Society of London, taught at Maria Grey Training College and published a paper on the stem of the angiopteris evecta fern.
Biography
Shove was born c. 1878.[1] She was educated at Girton College, Cambridge from 1889 to 1896, before women were permitted to be granted degrees by the institution.[1]
In 1900, Shove published a paper on the stem of the angiopteris evecta fern in the Annals of Science.[1][2]
From 1921 to 1938, Shove was a lecturer in Biology at the Maria Grey Training College in Isleworth, Middlesex.[3]
From 1940 to 1953, Shove edited the journal of the School Nature Study Union.[1][3] She was elected as a fellow of the Linnean Society of London,[4][5] serving on the Society's council from 1943 to 1947.[1]
Shove died on 17 October 1954 in Richmond, Greater London, England, aged 76.[5] Her collection of plants was accepted into the collection of Kew Gardens.[1]
References
- ^ a b c d e f Ogilvie, Marilyn; Harvey, Joy (16 December 2003). The Biographical Dictionary of Women in Science: Pioneering Lives From Ancient Times to the Mid-20th Century. Routledge. p. 1189. ISBN 978-1-135-96343-9.
- ^ Seward, A. C. (17 March 2011). Fossil Plants: A Text-Book for Students of Botany and Geology. Cambridge University Press. p. 602. ISBN 978-1-108-01596-7.
- ^ a b Desmond, Ray (25 February 1994). Dictionary Of British And Irish Botanists And Horticulturists Including plant collectors, flower painters and garden designers. CRC Press. p. 625. ISBN 978-0-85066-843-8.
- ^ Proceedings of the Linnean Society of London. Linnean Society of London. 1956. p. 2.
- ^ a b Munro, Madeline (November 1954). "Miss Rosamund F. Shove". Nature. 174 (4439): 995–996. doi:10.1038/174995b0. ISSN 1476-4687.