Isobel Agnes Arbuthnot

Isobel Agnes Arbuthnot
Isobel Agnes Arbuthnot
Born	1870; Belfast, Ireland
Died	1963; Newlands, Cape Provence

Isobel Agnes Arbuthnot (1870–1963) was an Irish-born botanist and botanical collector based in South Africa.[1]

Biography

Arbuthnot was born in Belfast in 1870 and went to Cape Colony in 1888 for her health where she took a position as companion to the wife of Harry Bolus. There she also worked as a botanical collector and the botanical assistant on Bolus's expeditions. From 1918 until 1939 she worked in the Bolus Herbarium before moving to the Compton Herbarium before finally retiring in 1945.[2][3][4][5][6]

References

"Harvard University Herbaria & Libraries". kiki.huh.harvard.edu.
Gunn, Mary; Codd, L. E. W. (1 June 1981). Botanical Exploration Southern Africa. CRC Press. ISBN 978-0-86961-129-6.
"Edit History: Bolus, Harry (1834-1911) on JSTOR". plants.jstor.org.
Ogilvie, Marilyn Bailey; Harvey, Joy Dorothy (2000). The Biographical Dictionary of Women in Science: L-Z. Taylor & Francis. ISBN 978-0-415-92040-7.
Desmond, Ray (1994). Dictionary of British and Irish botanists and horticulturists : including plant collectors, flower painters, and garden designers (Rev. and completely updated ed.). London: Taylor & Francis. ISBN 0850668433.
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. ISBN 978-1-135-96343-9.

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[1] "Harvard University Herbaria & Libraries". kiki.huh.harvard.edu.

[2] Gunn, Mary; Codd, L. E. W. (1 June 1981). Botanical Exploration Southern Africa. CRC Press. ISBN 978-0-86961-129-6.

[3] "Edit History: Bolus, Harry (1834-1911) on JSTOR". plants.jstor.org.

[4] Ogilvie, Marilyn Bailey; Harvey, Joy Dorothy (2000). The Biographical Dictionary of Women in Science: L-Z. Taylor & Francis. ISBN 978-0-415-92040-7.

[5] Desmond, Ray (1994). Dictionary of British and Irish botanists and horticulturists : including plant collectors, flower painters, and garden designers (Rev. and completely updated ed.). London: Taylor & Francis. ISBN 0850668433.

[6] 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. ISBN 978-1-135-96343-9.