Winifred Boys-Smith

Not to be confused with Winifred Smith.

Winifred Boys-Smith
Photo of Winifred Boys-Smith from the Otago Witness in March 1911
Born
Winifred Lily Boys-Smith

(1865-11-07)7 November 1865
Corsham, Wiltshire, England
Died1 January 1939(1939-01-01) (aged 73)
EducationGirton College, Cambridge
Occupation(s)Scientist, Professor
Illustration from Textbook of Elementary Botany

Winifred Lily Boys-Smith (7 November 1865 – 1 January 1939) was an English science artist and lecturer, university professor, school principal. She was born in Corsham, Wiltshire, England on 7 November 1865.[1]

Boys-Smith studied at Girton College, Cambridge, between 1891 and 1895. She took the full honours course for natural sciences tripos; however, she was only given a certificate as women were not granted degrees at the time.[2]

She taught at Cheltenham Ladies College from 1896 to 1906[1] and the University of Otago from 1911.

One nephew, John Sandwith Boys Smith, was Master of St John's College, Cambridge[3] and Vice-Chancellor of the University of Cambridge from 1963 to 1965.[4] Another nephew was Humphry Boys Smith DSO and bar DSC RNR, "one of the most successful Merchant Navy officers serving in the RNR during the Second World War."

When Flowering Plants was published in 1903, a review in Nature called the illustrations "unusually good".[5]

Boys-Smith features as one of the Royal Society Te Apārangi's "150 women in 150 words" project in 2017, celebrating the contribution of women to knowledge in New Zealand.[6]

  1. ^ a b McDonald, Heath. "Winifred Lily Boys-Smith". Dictionary of New Zealand Biography. Ministry for Culture and Heritage. Retrieved 23 April 2017.
  2. ^ Taonga, New Zealand Ministry for Culture and Heritage Te Manatu. "Boys-Smith, Winifred Lily". Retrieved 9 October 2018.
  3. ^ "Correspondence and papers of John Sandwith Boys Smith (1901–1991), theologian, Master of St John's 1959–1969 | St John's College, Cambridge". www.joh.cam.ac.uk. Retrieved 20 January 2017.
  4. ^ Weglowska, Magdalena (23 February 2015). "History of the Vice-Chancellorship". www.v-c.admin.cam.ac.uk. Retrieved 20 January 2017.
  5. ^ "Flowering Plants: their Structure and Habitat". Nature. 68 (1774): 621. 1903. Bibcode:1903Natur..68R.621.. doi:10.1038/068621d0. ISSN 1476-4687.
  6. ^ "150 Women in 150 Words". Royal Society Te Apārangi. Retrieved 18 August 2019.