Rosamund Flora Shove
Rosamund Flora Shove FLS | |
|---|---|
| Born | c. 1878 |
| Died | 17 October 1954 (aged 76) Richmond, Greater London, England |
| Education | Girton College, Cambridge |
| Occupation | Botanist |
| Employer | Maria Grey Training College |
| Organization | Linnean Society of London |
Rosamund Flora Shove FLS (c. 1878 – 17 October 1954) was an English botanist and science educator. She was a fellow of the Linnean Society of London, taught at Maria Grey Training College and published a paper on the stem of the angiopteris evecta fern.
Biography
Shove was born c. 1878.[1] Educated at Blackheath High School, she won a Pfeiffer Scholarship to study natural sciences Girton College, Cambridge from 1889 to 1896, before women were permitted to be granted degrees by the institution.[2][1] She therefore received her MA from Trinity College, Dublin. She was trained in research by Albert Seward.[3]
In 1900, Shove published a paper on the stem of the angiopteris evecta fern in the Annals of Science.[1][4]
Much of Shove's career was spent teaching science in schools, including Notting Hill High School.[5] She then taught botany and hygiene at universities and training colleges, including the University of Leeds, where she served as honorary secretary for a society to promote scientific discussion.[6] From 1921 to 1938, she was a lecturer in Biology at the Maria Grey Training College in Isleworth, Middlesex.[7]
In 1937 she became honorary secretary of the School Nature Study Union,[8] and was credited with sustaining the Union through World War II. She edited its journal from 1940–1953, also contributing her own articles and film and book reviews as a member of a volunteer panel which viewed natural history films at the British Film Institute.[1][7][3]
Shove was elected as a fellow of the Linnean Society of London,[9][3] serving on the Society's council from 1943 to 1947.[1]
Shove died on 17 October 1954 in Richmond, Greater London, England, aged 76.[3] Her collection of plants was accepted into the collection of Kew Gardens.[1]
References
- 1 2 3 4 5 6 Ogilvie, Marilyn; Harvey, Joy (16 December 2003). The Biographical Dictionary of Women in Science: Pioneering Lives From Ancient Times to the Mid-20th Century. Routledge. p. 1189. ISBN 978-1-135-96343-9.
- ↑ "Jottings". The Journal of Education. 1896. p. 535.
- 1 2 3 4 Munro, Madeline (November 1954). "Miss Rosamund F. Shove". Nature. 174 (4439): 995–996. doi:10.1038/174995b0. ISSN 1476-4687.
- ↑ Seward, A. C. (17 March 2011). Fossil Plants: A Text-Book for Students of Botany and Geology. Cambridge University Press. p. 602. ISBN 978-1-108-01596-7.
- ↑ "School Notes" (PDF). The Notting Hill High School Magazine (30): 32. 1914.
- ↑ "University and Educational Intelligence". Nature. 102 (2558): 197–198. 1 November 1918. doi:10.1038/102197a0. ISSN 1476-4687.
- 1 2 Desmond, Ray (25 February 1994). Dictionary Of British And Irish Botanists And Horticulturists Including plant collectors, flower painters and garden designers. CRC Press. p. 625. ISBN 978-0-85066-843-8.
- ↑ "Thirty-Fourth Annual Report". School Nature Study. 1937.
- ↑ Proceedings of the Linnean Society of London. Linnean Society of London. 1956. p. 2.