Elizabeth Marianne Blackwell

Elizabeth "Elsie" Marianne Blackwell (8 January 1889 – 25 May 1973) was an English botanist and mycologist, known as an expert on Phytophthora. She was the president of the British Mycological Society for a one-year term from 1942 to 1943.

Education and career Blackwell completed her secondary education at Southport High School for Girls. At the University of Liverpool, she graduated in 1910 with a BSc in botany and zoology, in 1911 with a first class honours BSc in botany, and in 1912 with an MSc in botany. and in 1913 an assistant lecturer in botany, holding that appointment until 1922. At Royal Holloway College (now called Royal Holloway, University of London), she was a professor and head of the botany department from 1922 to 1949, when she retired as professor emeritus. She wrote many articles for The Naturalist, published by the Yorkshire Naturalists' Union, and The Countryman.

Selected publications Articles