Nancy Adams (botanist)
Jacqueline Nancy Mary Adams, CBE, QSO (19 May 1926 – 27 March 2007) was
a New
Zealand botanist, botanical artist, and museum
curator. Born in Levin in 1926, Nancy Adams attended Wellington Girls’
College and Victoria University of Wellington,
studying zoology and
botany. At 16 she joined the Botany Division of New Zealand's Department of
Scientific and Industrial Research DSIR. She worked there
until 1959, when she was appointed to the Dominion Museum (now theMuseum of New Zealand Te Papa
Tongarewa) as assistant Curator of Botany with a special responsibility for
algae. She retired from her position at the museum in 1987 but continued to be
an Honorary Research Associate of the Museum.[1]
Bibliography
- Trees and
shrubs of New Zealand, by A. L. Poole and Nancy M. Adams, 1963
- Mountain
Flowers in New Zealand, 1980
- Wild
Flowers in New Zealand, 1980
- Seaweeds of
New Zealand:An illustrated guide, 1994
The standard author abbreviation N.M.Adams is
used to indicate this individual as the author when citing a botanical name.[3]
References
- ^ a b New
Zealand Garden Journal (2007). "Obituary".
- ^ Haines,
Catharine (2001). International women in
science: a biographical dictionary to 1950. Santa Barbara, California: ABC-CLIO.
p. 2. ISBN 1-57607-090-5.
- ^ "Author Query for
'N.M.Adams'". International Plant Names Index.
External links
Source: en.wikipedia.org
Further
links:
Nancy M. Adams,
a Digital NZ set I’ve compiled of some of her work
The N.M. Adams collection at Te Papa
Ross Ferguson’s obituary for Adams in New
Zealand Garden Journal, vol. 10, no. 1 (2007)
Nancy’s Garden,
Janet Mcallister’s review of the touring exhibition of Adams’s art in The
Listener, Issue 3312 (2003)
The Botanical Drawings of Nancy
Adams, the exhibit running between 2003 and 2006
Paula Martin’s biography of Adams in Lives
with Science: Profiles of Senior New Zealand Women in Science
Nancy M. Adams in
the New Zealand Electronic Text Collection
Nancy Adams, curator and artist, Dominion Museum, Wellington, New
Zealand
Nancy Adams (botanist)
From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
Jacqueline Nancy Mary Adams, CBE, QSO (19 May 1926 – 27 March 2007) was
a New
Zealand botanist, botanical artist, and museum
curator. Born in Levin in 1926, Nancy Adams attended Wellington Girls’
College and Victoria University of Wellington,
studying zoology and
botany. At 16 she joined the Botany Division of New Zealand's Department of
Scientific and Industrial Research DSIR. She worked there
until 1959, when she was appointed to the Dominion Museum (now theMuseum of New Zealand Te Papa
Tongarewa) as assistant Curator of Botany with a special responsibility for
algae. She retired from her position at the museum in 1987 but continued to be
an Honorary Research Associate of the Museum.[1]
Nancy Adams was a prolific artist, illustrating nearly forty publications
on native plants, alpine life, trees and shrubs. She received international
recognition for her detailed and delicate algal illustrations.[1] Awards
included the Loder Cup in 1964, the Queen's Service Order in 1989, and
the New Zealand 1990 Commemoration
Medal.[2]
Bibliography
- Trees and
shrubs of New Zealand, by A. L. Poole and Nancy M. Adams, 1963
- Mountain
Flowers in New Zealand, 1980
- Wild
Flowers in New Zealand, 1980
- Seaweeds of
New Zealand:An illustrated guide, 1994
The standard author abbreviation N.M.Adams is
used to indicate this individual as the author when citing a botanical name.[3]
References
- ^ a b New
Zealand Garden Journal (2007). "Obituary".
- ^ Haines,
Catharine (2001). International women in
science: a biographical dictionary to 1950. Santa Barbara, California: ABC-CLIO.
p. 2. ISBN 1-57607-090-5.
- ^ "Author Query for
'N.M.Adams'". International Plant Names Index.
External links
Source: en.wikipedia.org
Source: natlib.govt.nz
Source: clerestories.com
Source: fansshare.com
Further
links:
Nancy M. Adams, a Digital NZ set I’ve compiled of some of her work
The N.M. Adams collection at Te Papa
Ross Ferguson’s obituary for Adams in New Zealand Garden Journal, vol. 10, no. 1 (2007)
Nancy’s Garden, Janet Mcallister’s review of the touring exhibition of Adams’s art in The Listener, Issue 3312 (2003)
The Botanical Drawings of Nancy Adams, the exhibit running between 2003 and 2006
Paula Martin’s biography of Adams in Lives with Science: Profiles of Senior New Zealand Women in Science
Nancy M. Adams in the New Zealand Electronic Text Collection
Nancy M. Adams, a Digital NZ set I’ve compiled of some of her work
The N.M. Adams collection at Te Papa
Ross Ferguson’s obituary for Adams in New Zealand Garden Journal, vol. 10, no. 1 (2007)
Nancy’s Garden, Janet Mcallister’s review of the touring exhibition of Adams’s art in The Listener, Issue 3312 (2003)
The Botanical Drawings of Nancy Adams, the exhibit running between 2003 and 2006
Paula Martin’s biography of Adams in Lives with Science: Profiles of Senior New Zealand Women in Science
Nancy M. Adams in the New Zealand Electronic Text Collection
Nancy Adams, curator and artist, Dominion Museum, Wellington, New
Zealand
