Ivy Massee
British mycologist and scientific illustrator
About Ivy Massee
Lived 1896 – 1951 (aged 54–55). Ivy Massee was a British mycologist and scientific illustrator.
Ivy Massee (9 October 1895 – 11 July 1951) was an English mycologist, scientific illustrator and botanist.
Biography Born to George Massee and Emily Jane Aldridge in 1895, she was one of six siblings. Her father was a mycologist and was the first president of the British Mycological Society. Massee's most notable contribution to mycology is the illustrations she produced for her father's book British Fungi: with a chapter on lichens. Massee completed forty illustrations for the book on coloured plates.
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Who was Ivy Massee?
British mycologist and scientific illustrator (1895-1951)
When was Ivy Massee born?
Ivy Massee was born in 1896 in Richmond.
When did Ivy Massee die?
Ivy Massee died in 1951.
What was Ivy Massee's occupation?
Ivy Massee was a mycologist and scientific illustrator.
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Ivy Massee was British.
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