Agnes Arber, née Robertson (1879–1960): Fragments of her Life, Including her Place in Biology and in Women's Studies
2001; Oxford University Press; Volume: 88; Issue: 6 Linguagem: Inglês
10.1006/anbo.2001.1553
ISSN1095-8290
Autores Tópico(s)Species Distribution and Climate Change
ResumoBorn in London into a learned and artistic middle-class family, Agnes Arber, née Robertson (23 Feb. 1879–22 Mar. 1960), was a renowned plant morphologist and anatomist, historian of botany, botanical bibliographer, and philosopher of biology. However, she played a minor role in the botany of Cambridge, where she lived for nearly 54 years, including the last 51 years of her life. Topics discussed include: Arber's place in biology; her publication record; her relationships with husband Edward Alexander Newell Arber (1870–1918), a palaeobotanist and geologist, daughter Muriel Agnes Arber (born 1913), a geologist, and friend and mentor Ethel Sargant (1863–1918), a plant morphologist; Arber's home in Cambridge (1909–61); the denial by the 'botanical establishment' of her 1921 presidency of Section K (Botany) of the British Association for the Advancement of Science; the establishment of her private laboratory in 1927; her concept of 'quiet and independent research' that fostered the erroneous notion of her being a recluse; her burial site in Girton; her place in women's studies; and archives for Arberiana. A table presented as a curriculum vitae gives a synopsis of biographical information for Arber. A second table analyses her 218 non-book publications (1892–1961), one edited book ( Devonian floras ) and four edited papers (1919–22) for Newell Arber, and eight books (1912–57) and their two later editions (1938, 1986), 13 reissues (1953–99), and five translations (1960–2002): Herbals (1912, 1938, 1986), Water plants (1920), Monocotyledons (1925), The Gramineae (1934), Goethe's botany (1946), The natural philosophy of plant form (1950), The mind and the eye (1954), and The manifold & the one (1957). Arber was sole author of all of her works except for six items (four papers, one note and one abstract) junior-authored early in her career. A third table details bibliographic information for Arber's books and their reissues and translations. Copyright 2001 Annals of Botany Company
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