Elaine Bullard

Elaine Rebecca Bullard
Born(1915-05-11)11 May 1915
Greenwich, London, England
Died10 August 2011(2011-08-10) (aged 96)
Kirkwall, Orkney Isles
Awards
  • Member of the most excellent order of the British Empire (MBE) for services to nature conservation 1981[1]
  • President Orkney Field Club 1993 – 2011[1]
  • Honorary life membership, Orkney International Science Festival
  • Honorary Doctorate for her contribution to botany, Heriot-Watt University 2007[2]
  • Motion lodged in her memory, Scottish Parliament, August 2011[3]

Elaine Rebecca Bullard MBE (1915–2011) was a British botanist who led systematic recording of the flora of the Orkney Islands and Caithness in the UK for over 50 years and raised awareness of conserving the natural habitat of the islands. In 1959 she was a founding member of the Orkney Field Club and was its president from 1993 until her death.[1]

  1. ^ a b c Crawford, R M M (2012). "Dr Elaine Rebecca Bullard MBE" (PDF). Botanical Society of the British Isles Yearbook: 90–91. ISSN 2046-2727. Retrieved 26 July 2014.
  2. ^ "Orkney botanist honoured for work". BBC. 28 May 2007. Retrieved 26 July 2014.
  3. ^ McArthur, Liam. "PARLIAMENT SALUTES MEMORY OF ORKNEY BOTANIST". Scottish Parliament. Archived from the original on 6 September 2014. Retrieved 26 July 2014.