About Elizabeth Jill Cowley
Born 1940. Elizabeth Jill Cowley is a British botanist.
Elizabeth Jill Cowley (born 1940) She started working at Kew Gardens in 1968 in the Temperate House, Himalaya section. In 1972 she moved to work in the Herbarium, working on petaloid monocots, retiring in 2000. She took part in collecting trips to Korea, Turkey and China. She remained an Honorary Research Associate.
Born Elizabeth Jill Bedwell, she married Richard Cowley, a Kew student, in 1970.
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