Augusta Vera Duthie

Augusta Vera Duthie (18 Julai 1881, Belvidere, Knysna – 8 Agosti 1963, Belvidere, Knysna) alikuwa mtaalamu wa mimea kutoka Afrika Kusini aliyefanya utafiti kuhusu mimea ya eneo la Western Cape na pia alikuwa mwalimu maarufu aliyefundisha botania ya mimea isiyo na maua (cryptogamic botany). Alikuwa mhadhiri wa kwanza wa chuo kikuu katika botania aliyepata elimu yake yote ndani ya Afrika Kusini.

Maisha ya awali na elimu

Alikuwa mmoja wa watoto watano, akizaliwa na wazazi Archibald Hamilton na Augusta Vera Duthie huko Knysna, Afrika Kusini.^[1]

Alipata shahada ya B.A. kutoka Huguenot College mwaka 1901, shahada ya M.A. kutoka South African College mwaka 1910, na shahada ya uzamivu (D.Sc.) kutoka University of South Africa mwaka 1929.^[2]

Kazi ya kitaaluma

Mwaka 1902 aliteuliwa kuwa mhadhiri wa botania katika Victoria College sasa University of Stellenbosch. Mwaka 1912 alitembelea Cambridge University ambapo alifanya kazi na Albert Seward.

Mwaka 1929 alikamilisha utafiti kuhusu mimea ya eneo la Stellenbosch Flats, ambalo ni eneo la udongo wa alluvia linalozunguka chuo hicho. Baada ya kustaafu mwaka 1939, alirudi kusimamia shamba la familia yake Belvidere, ambako alifariki mwaka 1963.^[1]

Katika wosia wake, aliacha fedha kwa ajili ya St Andrew's College ili kusaidia ufadhili wa masomo (scholarships) kwa wanafunzi.^[3]

Majina ya heshima (Eponyms)

Duthiastrum
Duthie's golden mole Chlorotalpa duthieae
Impatiens duthieae
Ischyrolepis duthieae
Ornithogalum duthiae
Psilocaulon duthieae
Romulea duthieae
Ruschia duthiae
Stomatium duthieae

Kazi kuu

Duthie, Augusta Vera (1900). Vegetation and Flora of the Stellenbosch Flats with List of Vascular Cryptogams and Flowering Plants Found in that Area. Pretoria: University of South Africa.

Kumbukumbu

Anakumbukwa kupitia dirisha la vioo vya rangi (stained glass) lililopo katika ukuta wa kaskazini wa Kanisa la Holy Trinity huko Belvidere karibu na Knysna. Kanisa hilo lilianzishwa na babu yake, Thomas Henry Duthie.

Marejeo

1 2 Creese, Mary R.S.; Creese, Thomas M. (2010). Ladies in the laboratory III South African, Australian, New Zealand, and Canadian women in science : nineteenth and early twentieth centuries : a survey of their contributions. Lanham, Md.: Scarecrow Press. ku. 14–17. ISBN 9780810872899.
↑ Gunn, Mary; Codd, L. E. W. (1981). [Botanical Exploration Southern Africa. CRC) Press. uk. 142. ISBN 978-0-86961-129-6. {{cite book}}: Check |url= value (help)
↑ Beolens, Bo. (2009). The eponym dictionary of mammals. Johns Hopkins University Press. uk. 118. ISBN 978-0-8018-9533-3.

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[LadiesLab-1] 1 2 Creese, Mary R.S.; Creese, Thomas M. (2010). Ladies in the laboratory III South African, Australian, New Zealand, and Canadian women in science : nineteenth and early twentieth centuries : a survey of their contributions. Lanham, Md.: Scarecrow Press. ku. 14–17. ISBN 9780810872899.

[BotanicalExplorersSA-2] Gunn, Mary; Codd, L. E. W. (1981). [Botanical Exploration Southern Africa. CRC) Press. uk. 142. ISBN 978-0-86961-129-6. {{cite book}}: Check |url= value (help)

[3] Beolens, Bo. (2009). The eponym dictionary of mammals. Johns Hopkins University Press. uk. 118. ISBN 978-0-8018-9533-3.

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