About Sally Bidgood
Lived 1948 – 2018 (aged 69). Sally Bidgood was a British botanist, trade unionist, botanical collector and scientific collector.
Gillian Sally Bidgood (13 April 1948, in Corbridge – 18 March 2018, in Hammersmith) was a British botanist and plant collector noted for her study of the flora of Ethiopia, Zambia, and Tanzania, particularly Bignoniaceae.
She attended Ackworth School (1959–1965), Haydon Bridge Technical School and then Froebel College, Roehampton. Bidgood worked at the Royal Botanic Gardens, Kew from 1973 to 2008, and over the course of her career took part in gathering over 13,000 specimens of African plants, describing at least two dozen species.
She was also active as a trade unionist, being both a branch secretary and branch chair for Prospect at Kew. She retired in 2008 and died on 18 March 2018.
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Who was Sally Bidgood?
British botanist (1948-2018)
When was Sally Bidgood born?
Sally Bidgood was born on 13 April 1948 in Corbridge.
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Sally Bidgood died on 18 March 2018 in Charing Cross Hospital.
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Sally Bidgood was a botanist, trade unionist, botanical collector and scientific collector.
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Sally Bidgood was British.
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