About Florence Ellen Hewitt
Lived 1910 – 1979 (aged 68). Florence Ellen Hewitt was a South African botanist, zoologist and marine botany.
Florence Ellen Hewitt (1 September 1910, Grahamstown – 20 May 1979, Pretoria) was a South African botanist, algologist and teacher, daughter of John Hewitt, curator of the Albany Museum from 1910 to 1948.
Life and career Florence Ellen Hewitt was born on 1 September 1910 in Grahamstown.
Hewitt was educated at Rhodes University graduating as Bachelor and Master of Sciences. During the educational exchange at the University of California Hewitt conducted a research in techniques employed in study of the comparative morphology of South African seaweeds. Iridaea convoluta
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a South African botanist, algologist and a teacher (1910-1979)
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Florence Ellen Hewitt was born on 1 September 1910 in Durban.
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Florence Ellen Hewitt died on 20 May 1979.
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Florence Ellen Hewitt was a botanist, zoologist and marine botany.
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Florence Ellen Hewitt was South African.
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