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Agnes Arber

1879 - 1960

Born

23 February 1879

26 Regent's Park Road, London, England

Died

22/03/1960

Hope Nursing Home, Cambridge, England

Nationality
British
Gender
Female
Date of election for Royal Society fellowship
21/03/1946
Age at the time of election for Royal Society fellowship
67
Occupation
Botanist
Relationships
Parents: Henry Robert Robertson who ran a private school at Slough, and his wife Agnes Lucy Turner Spouse: Edward Alexander Newell Arber, demonstrator in paleobotany, Cambridge University (5 August 1909) Children: Muriel Agnes Arber (1913–2004), geologist