Winifred Curtis

Winifred Curtis
Born(1905-06-15)15 June 1905
London, England, United Kingdom
Died14 October 2005(2005-10-14) (aged 100)
Hobart, Tasmania, Australia
NationalityBritish
CitizenshipAustralian
Alma materUniversity College London
Scientific career
FieldsBotany
InstitutionsUniversity of Tasmania
Author abbrev. (botany)W.M.Curtis

Winifred Mary Curtis AM (15 June 1905 – 14 October 2005) was a British-born Australian botanist, author and a pioneer researcher in plant embryology and cytology who played a prominent role in the department of botany at the University of Tasmania (UTAS), where the main plant science laboratory is named in her honour.