Harriet Margaret Louisa Bolus | |
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Born | Burgersdorp, Cape Province, South Africa | 31 July 1877
Died | 5 April 1970 | (aged 92)
Nationality | South African |
Education | Collegiate Girls High School, Port Elizabeth |
Alma mater | South African College (B.A.) |
Awards | Fellow of the Royal Society of South Africa |
Scientific career | |
Fields | Botany |
Institutions | Bolus Herbarium |
Author abbrev. (botany) | Kensit L.Bolus |
Harriet Margaret Louisa Bolus née Kensit (31 July 1877, Burgersdorp – 5 April 1970, Cape Town) was a South African botanist and taxonomist, and the longtime curator of the Bolus Herbarium, from 1903. Bolus also has the legacy of authoring more land plant species than any other female scientist, in total naming 1,494 species.[1]