Kathleen Beyer Blackburn (1892-1968), sitting in chair

ID: SIA Acc. 90-105 [SIA2007-0252]

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Citation: Smithsonian Institution Archives, Accession 90-105, Science Service Records, Image No. SIA2007-0252

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Summary

The distinguished British botanist Kathleen Beyer Blackburn (1892-1968) taught at Armstrong College, Newcastle-upon-Tyne. In 1926, Science News Letter reported that Blackburn had discovered that "plants as well as animals have in their cells bits of living matter known as the sex chromosomes." This photograph was taken when she was attending a scientific meeting in the United States.

Subject

  • 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. SIA2007-0252

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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
  • Chromosomes
  • Women scientists
  • Botany

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Black-and-white photographs

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SIA Acc. 90-105 [SIA2007-0252]

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