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Bella MacCullum

Botanist and mycologist (1885-1927)

Phoebe Myers

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

Winifred Boys-Smith

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

Helen Rawson

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

Kate Edgerley

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

Amy Castle

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

Avice Hill

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

Lydia Suckling

Botanist
  • Botanist

Mary Sutherland

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

Marjorie Mestayer

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

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)

Agnes Blackie

Physics lecturer (1897-1975)
  • Physics lecturer (1897-1975)

Winifred Betts

Botany lecturer (1894-1971)
  • Botany lecturer (1894-1971)

Flora Murray

Botanist (1897?-?)
  • Botanist (1897?-?)

Jean Struthers

Botanist and teacher (1899-2002)
  • Botanist and teacher (1899-2002)

Pérrine Moncrieff

Ornithologist (1893-1979)
  • Ornithologist (1893-1979)

Muriel Bell

Nutritionist and medical researcher (1898-1974)
  • Nutritionist and medical researcher (1898-1974)

Marguerite Crookes

Botanist (1898-1991)
  • Botanist (1898-1991)

Makereti Papakura

Ethnographer (1873-1930)
  • Ethnographer (1873-1930)

Bessie Te Wenerau Grace

First Māori woman university graduate, educator (1889-1944)
  • First Māori woman university graduate, educator (1889-1944)

Rangimārie Hetet

Rangimārie Hetet (1892-1995)
Master Weaver
  • Rangimārie Hetet (1892-1995)
    Master Weaver

Eliza Amy Hodgson

Botanist (1888-1983)
  • Botanist (1888-1983)

Elsa Kidson

Soil scientist (1905-1979)
  • Soil scientist (1905-1979)

Mimie Wood

Administrator (1888-1979)
  • Administrator (1888-1979)

Thelma Kent

Photographer (1899-1946)
  • Photographer (1899-1946)

Ella Orr Campbell

Botanist (1910-2003)
  • Botanist (1910-2003)

Ruth Mason

Botanist (1913-1990)
  • Botanist (1913-1990)

Helen Dalrymple

Teacher and amateur botanist (1883-1943)
  • Teacher and amateur botanist (1883-1943)

Joyce Watson

Chemist (1925-2015)
  • Chemist (1925-2015)

Nancy Adams

Botanist and botanical illustrator (1926-2007)
  • Botanist and botanical illustrator (1926-2007)

Elizabeth Flint

Freshwater algae scientist (1909-2011)
  • Freshwater algae scientist (1909-2011)

Elizabeth Alexander

Geologist and physicist (1908-1958)
  • Geologist and physicist (1908-1958)

Beryl Brewin

Zoologist (1910-1999?)
  • Zoologist (1910-1999?)

Mira Szászy

First Māori Auckland University Graduate (1921-2001)
  • First Māori Auckland University Graduate (1921-2001)

Vivienne Cooper

Planktologist and botanist (1926-)
  • Planktologist and botanist (1926-)

Brenda Shore

Botanist (1922-1993)
  • Botanist (1922-1993)

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