Marguerite Crookes
New Zealand botanical enthusiast, pteridologist and conservationist
About Marguerite Crookes
Lived 1898 – 1991 (aged 92–93). Marguerite Crookes was a New Zealand botanist, pteridologist, environmentalist, painter and botanical collector.
Marguerite Winifred Crookes (18 January 1899 – 26 January 1991) was a botanist and conservationist from New Zealand and founder of the Auckland Natural History Club. Her best known work is Plant Life in Maoriland: A Botanist’s Note Book. Her writing career began when she authored articles about native plants in the Auckland Star and the Lyttelton Times. Her research on ferns led her to produce three new editions of New Zealand Ferns, first published in 1921 by H. B. Dobbie.
Awards and honours In 2017, Crookes was selected as one of the Royal Society Te Apārangi's "150 women in 150 words", a project celebrating the contributions of women to knowledge in New Zealand.
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Who was Marguerite Crookes?
New Zealand botanical enthusiast, pteridologist and conservationist (1898-1991)
When was Marguerite Crookes born?
Marguerite Crookes was born in 1898 in Clay Cross.
When did Marguerite Crookes die?
Marguerite Crookes died on 24 January 1991 in Point Chevalier.
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Marguerite Crookes was a botanist, pteridologist, environmentalist, painter and botanical collector.
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Marguerite Crookes was New Zealand.
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