Kathleen Beyer Blackburn, (1892-1968) seated

ID: SIA Acc. 90-105 [SIA2007-0251]

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Citation: Smithsonian Institution Archives, Accession 90-105, Science Service Records, Image No. SIA2007-0251

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Summary

Blackburn was a distinguished British botanist who discovered that "plants as well as animals have in their cells bits of living matter known as the sex chromosomes" (Science News Letter, 1926). From 1918-1958, she was a member of the Botany Department at Armstrong College (later called King's College), Newcastle-upon-Tyne. Blackburn coauthored frequently with botanist J.W. Heslop-Harrison.

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  • Heslop-Harrison, John William 1881-1967
  • Blackburn, Kathleen Beyer 1892-1968
  • King¡s College (University of Durham)

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Smithsonian Institution Archives, Accession 90-105, Science Service Records, Image No. SIA2007-0251

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Smithsonian Institution Archives, Capital Gallery, Suite 3000, MRC 507; 600 Maryland Avenue, SW; Washington, DC 20024-2520

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Topic

  • Cytology
  • Plants
  • Women scientists
  • Chromosomes
  • Botany

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Black-and-white photographs

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SIA Acc. 90-105 [SIA2007-0251]

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