Eileen Adelaide Bruce
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| Born | 15 February 1905 Petersham, London |
| Died | 6 October 1955 Kingston-upon-Thames, London |
Eileen Adelaide Bruce (15 February 1905 Petersham, London – 6 October 1955 London)^ was an English taxonomist and botanist.
Early life and education
Bruce was born in Petersham and attended
Career
She joined the staff of
In the early 1950s, she returned to Kew as a Scientific Officer in the Herbarium, working on the families of Pedaliaceae and Loganiaceae, contributing to the Flora of Tropical East Africa and the Kew Bulletin.[3][4]
Death and legacy
After being diagnosed with cancer in 1954, she received treatment and continued working. In October 1955, she underwent an operation, after which she sadly died.[2]
The Archives of the Royal Botanic Gardens, Kew, hold some of her correspondence to E Milne-Redhead and N D Simpson, as well as her notebook and papers on a 1937 botanical tour to the Corsican Mountains.
References
- ^ E M W (1955). "Miss E. A. Bruce". The Journal of the Kew Guild. VII (60): 328.
- ^ ISSN 0075-5974.
- ISBN 978-0-86961-129-6.
- ^ 'Dictionary of British and Irish Botanists and Horticulturists' - Ray Desmond (1994)
- ^ International Plant Names Index. E.A.Bruce.
Further reading
- Hutchinson, J. (1956). "Eileen Adelaide Bruce". Kew Bulletin. 11 (1): 39–40. JSTOR 4109387.
- Bruce, Eileen Adelaide | International Plant Names Index (ipni.org)
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