Elizabeth Dale

Elizabeth Dale (27 March 1868 – 1936 ) was a British botanist, paleobotanist, plant pathologist, and author.

She was born in Warrington, Lancashire, the daughter of manufacturing chemist John Gallemore and his wife Clara. She was educated by a governess and then at a private school in Buxton, Derbyshire. She held a two-year Pfeiffer research studentship, and then spent fourteen years carrying out research at the Cambridge Botanical Laboratory. Her research and publications were mostly on abnormal plant growth.

She worked as a garden steward at Girton, part-time from 1912, and then full-time from 1914–1917. She then retired to the Isle of Wight.

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