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Whakaotirangi

Pre-1400 experimental gardener

Martha King

Botanical artist (1802/1803−1897)
  • Botanical artist (1802/1803−1897)

Bella MacCullum

Botanist and mycologist (1885-1927)
  • Botanist and mycologist (1885-1927)

Patricia Bergquist

Marine biologist (1933-2009)
  • Marine biologist (1933-2009)

Kahupeka

Pre-1500 discoverer of medicines
  • Pre-1500 discoverer of medicines

Georgina Hetley

Botanical artist (1832-1898)
  • Botanical artist (1832-1898)

Phoebe Myers

Teacher (1866-1947)
  • Teacher (1866-1947)

Joan Dingley

Mycologist (1916-2008)
  • Mycologist (1916-2008)

1867−1917

Women contributing knowledge from 1867 to 1917
  • Women contributing knowledge from 1867 to 1917

Sarah Featon

Botanical artist (1848-1927)
  • Botanical artist (1848-1927)

Pamela Young

First New Zealand woman to work in Antarctica
  • First New Zealand woman to work in Antarctica

Winifred Boys-Smith

University Professor (1865-1939)
  • University Professor (1865-1939)

1918−1967

Women contributing knowledge from 1918 to 1967
  • Women contributing knowledge from 1918 to 1967

Emily Harris

Botanical artist (1836/37-1925)
  • Botanical artist (1836/37-1925)

Helen Rawson

Professor of Home Science (1886-1964)
  • Professor of Home Science (1886-1964)

Rosemary Askin

Antarctic geologist (1949-)
  • Antarctic geologist (1949-)

1968 to the present time

Women contributing knowledge from 1968 to the present time
  • Women contributing knowledge from 1968 to the present time

Ann Chapman

Freshwater scientist (1937-2009)
  • Freshwater scientist (1937-2009)

Miss Hirst

Astronomical observer, dates of birth and death unknown
  • Astronomical observer, dates of birth and death unknown

Kate Edgerley

Botanist and teacher (1887-1939)
  • Botanist and teacher (1887-1939)

Amy Castle

Entomologist (1880-1971)
  • Entomologist (1880-1971)

Averil Lysaght

Biologist (1905-1981)
  • Biologist (1905-1981)

Emma Cheeseman

Painter and taxidermist (1846-1927/28)
  • Painter and taxidermist (1846-1927/28)

Kate Edger

New Zealand's first female university graduate (1857-1935)
  • New Zealand's first female university graduate (1857-1935)

Avice Hill

Entomologist, herb grower (1906-2001)
  • Entomologist, herb grower (1906-2001)

Joan Wiffen

Fossil hunter (1922-2009)
  • Fossil hunter (1922-2009)

Helen Connon

Teacher (1859/60-1903)
  • Teacher (1859/60-1903)

Lydia Suckling

Botanist
  • Botanist

Margaret Bradshaw

Geologist
  • Geologist

Caroline Freeman

Teacher (1855/56-1914)
  • Teacher (1855/56-1914)

Mary Sutherland

Forester and botanist (1893-1955)
  • Forester and botanist (1893-1955)

Audrey Eagle

Botanical painter (1925-)
  • Botanical painter (1925-)

Catherine Alexander

First known woman to publish a paper in the Royal Society Te Apārangi's Trans...
  • First known woman to publish a paper in the Royal Society Te Apārangi's Transactions (1862-1928)

Marjorie Mestayer

Conchologist (1880-1955)
  • Conchologist (1880-1955)

Joan Mattingley

Clinical Chemist (1926-2015)
  • Clinical Chemist (1926-2015)

Kathleen Curtis

Mycologist and elected first female Fellow of the Society in 1936
(1892−1994)
  • Mycologist and elected first female Fellow of the Society in 1936
    (1892−1994)

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