Constance Georgina Adams
Constance Georgina Adams | |
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Born | |
Died | 21 June 1968 Johannesburg, South Africa | (aged 84)
Other names | Constance Georgina Tardrew, Connie Adams, Daisy Adams |
Spouse | Peter Tardrew |
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Constance Georgina Adams (6 August 1883 – 21 June 1968), also known as Constance Georgina Tardrew, was a South African
Life
Constance Georgina Adams, known in her early life as "Connie" and later "Daisy", was born in Cape Town, Cape Colony, on 6 August 1883. Her father, John Adams, was a farmer in the district of Tulbagh, and she spent the first few years of her life on the family farm, Waterfalls.[1] At age 14, she attended Vredenburgh High School, in Cape Town where she won numerous prizes for botany, and then later trained as a teacher.[2] In 1907, the family moved to Kimberley, where she lived until leaving home. In 1910 she married her cousin, Peter Tardrew, moving first to Bloemhof and then to Johannesburg in 1936, where she became an active member of the Housewives League of South Africa.[3] The group was an early example of integration between the races at a time of expanding apartheid across the country.[4] She died on 21 June 1968.[5]
Collecting career
Adams developed a passion for botany at an early age. Her family were keen
Her collections are currently held in three herbaria, in Grahamstown, Kimberley and Pretoria, the last in the National Herbarium at the Pretoria National Botanical Garden.[2] Amongst the specimens which are included are Convovulus boedeckeriamus and Convovulus ocelatus.[7] Her collections were particularly important to the identification of the plants of Griqualand.[3]
References
- ^ Rall 2002, p. 116.
- ^ a b Codd & Gunn 1984, p. 632.
- ^ a b c Rall 2002, p. 117.
- ^ Berger 1992, p. 309.
- ^ Glen & Germishuizen 2010, p. 74.
- ^ Codd & Gunn 1984, p. 631.
- ^ Meeuse 1957, pp. 674–675.
Bibliography
- Berger, Iris (1992). Threads of Solidarity: Women in South African Industry, 1900-1980. Bloomington: Indiana University Press. ISBN 978-0-25320-700-5.
- Codd, L. E.; Gunn, Mary (1984). "Additional Biographical Notes on Plant Collectors in Southern Africa". Bothalia. 15 (3/4): 631–654. .
- Glen, H.F.; Germishuizen, G. (2010). Botanical Exploration of Southern Africa: An illustrated history of early botanical literature on the Cape Flora. Pretoria: South African National Biodiversity Institute. ISBN 978-1-91997-654-9.
- Meeuse, A.D.J. (1957). "The South African Convolvulaceae". Bothalia. 6 (4): 643–792. .
- Rall, Maureen (2002). Petticoat Pioneers : The History of the Pioneer Women who Lived on the Diamond Fields in the Early Years. Kimberley: Kimberley Africana Library. ISBN 978-0-62027-613-9.