Nora Barlow

Emma Nora Barlow
Born
Emma Nora Darwin

(1885-12-22)22 December 1885
Died29 May 1989(1989-05-29) (aged 103)
NationalityBritish
Other namesLady Barlow
Alma materUniversity of Cambridge
SpouseAlan Barlow
Children6
Parents
Scientific career
Fieldsplant genetics
InstitutionsJohn Innes Institute

Emma Nora Barlow, Lady Barlow (née Darwin; 22 December 1885 – 29 May 1989), was a British botanist and geneticist. The granddaughter of the British naturalist Charles Darwin, Barlow began her academic career studying botany at Cambridge under Frederick Blackman, and continued her studies in the new field of genetics under William Bateson from 1904 to 1906. Her primary research focus when working with Bateson was the phenomenon of herostylism within the primrose family. In later life she was one of the first Darwinian scholars, and founder of the Darwin Industry of scholarly research into her grandfather's life and discoveries.[1][2][3] She lived to 103.

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