Kathleen Bever Blackburn | |
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,_sitting_in_chair_(3322780248)_(cropped).jpg) Blackburn, probably in 1926 when attending the International Botanical Congress at Ithaca, New York[1] | |
| Born | 1892 |
| Died | August 1968 (aged 75–76) |
| Citizenship | British |
| Scientific career | |
| Fields | Botany |
| Institutions | Armstrong College |
Kathleen Bever Blackburn, FLS (1892–1968) was a British botanist best remembered for the 1923 discovery that plant cells have sex chromosomes.[1] Her principal contributions were in plant cytology and genetics. She was also a pioneer of pollen analysis.[2]: 49 She taught botany at Armstrong College, Durham University (later renamed King's College, now Newcastle University) from 1918 to 1957.[2]: 49
- ^ a b "Kathleen Beyer Blackburn (1892-1968), sitting in chair". Smithsonian Institution Archives. Smithsonian Institution.
- ^ a b Hart, Alan L. (2017). "Kathleen Bever Blackburn: A Distinguished British Botanist". Northumbrian Naturalist. 83: 49–67. Retrieved 23 November 2018.