Agnes Arber

Also known as A. Arber, Agnes Robertson Arber, A. R. A.

British botanist (1879-1960)

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Biographical Memoirs of Fellows of the Royal Society
Book of Herbals and Remedies : Their Origin and Evolution
Herbals, their origin and evolution, a chapter in the history of botany, 1470-1670
The Mind and the Eye -- First 1st Paperback Edition
Textes Cles de Philosophie du Vegetal

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Gender: Male
Origin: United Kingdom

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Comprehensive Mapping of Long-Range Interactions Reveals Folding Principles of the Human Genome
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Discovery, research, and development of new antibiotics: the WHO priority list of antibiotic-resistant bacteria and tuberculosis
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Genome-wide atlas of gene expression in the adult mouse brain
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The Somatic Genomic Landscape of Glioblastoma
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Key facts

Born: Agnes Robertson , ( 1879-02-23 ) 23 February 1879, Primrose Hill , London, England
Died: 22 March 1960 (1960-03-22) (aged 81), Cambridge , England, UK
Alma mater: University College, London , (BSc, 1899), Newnham College (1902), University College, London (Sc.D., 1905)
Spouse: Edward Alexander Newell Arber (m. 1909)
Children: Muriel Agnes (1913–2004)
Awards: Linnean Medal of the Linnean Society of London (1948), Fellow of the Royal Society (1946), President, Botany Section, British Association for the Advancement of Science (1921)
Fields: Plant morphology , plant anatomy
Author abbrev botany: A.Arber

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Commons category: Agnes Arber
date of birth: 1879-02-23
date of death: 1960-03-22
birth name: Agnes Robertson
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Agnes Arber FRS (née Robertson; 23 February 1879 – 22 March 1960) was a British plant morphologist and anatomist, historian of botany and philosopher of biology. She was born in London but lived most of her life in Cambridge, including the last 51 years of her life. She was the first woman botanist to be elected as a Fellow of the Royal Society (21 March 1946, at the age of 67) and the third woman overall. She was the first woman to receive the Gold Medal of the Linnean Society of London.

Her scientific research focused on the monocotyledon group of flowering plants. She also contributed to development of morphological studies in botany during the early part of the 20th century. Her later work concentrated on the topic of philosophy in botany, particularly on the nature of biological research.