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Ida Mary Roper | |
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| Born | Ida Mary Roper August 25, 1865 Westbury, Bristol, United Kingdom |
| Died | June 8, 1935 (aged 69) |
| Resting place | Arno's Vale Cemetary, Bristol, United Kingdom |
| Nationality | British |
| Spouse | None |
| Scientific career | |
| Fields | Botany |
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Ida Mary Roper (August 25, 1865 - June 8, 1935)[1] was a British botanist and author.
Early Life
[edit]Ida was born to John, a pharmacist, and Lucy Roper in Westbury, Bristol, United Kingdom. She had a brother, Harold Roper, and two half-brothers named Frank and Ernest Samson, who were a product of Lucy’s previous marriage. She attended Clifton High School, beginning in 1879.
Career
[edit]Roper began her herbarium in 1893, and continued adding to it until 1934.[2] Her main areas of interest were Pteridophytes and Spermatophytes, of which Frank would often collect specimens.[2] Acting as her associate, Frank Samson became her legal guardian and aided in Roper’s research.[3] Frank was known to be an active supporter in all of Roper's work.
Roper was also interested in mosses and ferns, as well as Orchidaceae and Violaceae families.[4] In 1908, the Bristol Naturalists Society published her first paper, titled “The Blossoming of the Trees,” and she soon became a fellow of the Linnean Society.[3] In 1913, Roper was elected President of the Bristol Naturalists Society, a position that had never been held by a woman.[3][5]
Roper aided James Walter White, another botanist, in compiling a Flora of Bristol, which was published in 1912. White acknowledged Roper for her "trustworthy and energetic help...for fieldwork...and assistance in literary research and in revision and correction of the press."[3] After her death, Roper's herbarium was bequeathed to the University of Leeds.
Notable Finds in Roper's Herbarium
[edit]- Nitella mucronata var. gracillina[4]
- Discovered growing in a pond in Wickwar, West Gloucestershire in 1917
- The most western recording of the species in England
Personal Life
[edit]As a child, Roper moved often with her family. This movement indicates that the Ropers were upper middle class, based on the postal codes of the areas they moved to. In addition, the Roper’s had a servant within the household and employed four men in the family business.[3]
Other than botany, Roper held interests in archaeology, and had a book published on monumental effigies.[3] She became the first women to be elected to the Council of the Bristol and Gloucestershire Archaeological Society
Roper was never married. She died June 8, 1935 in a nursing home after falling ill, and is buried with her family at Arnos Vale Cemetery in Bristol.[3][5]
References
[edit]- ^ "botanist: Ida Mary Roper (25/8/1865 - 8/6/1935)". herbariaunited.org. Retrieved 2019-02-12.
- ^ a b "Roper, Ida Mary (1865-1935) on JSTOR". plants.jstor.org. doi:10.5555/al.ap.person.bm000326736. Retrieved 2019-02-12.
{{cite web}}: Check|doi=value (help) - ^ a b c d e f g Beckett, Mary (2004). "Mary Ida Roper & Her Herbarium" (PDF). NatSCA News. 3: 52–55.
- ^ a b The biographical dictionary of women in science : pioneering lives from ancient times to the mid-20th century. Ogilvie, Marilyn Bailey., Harvey, Joy Dorothy. New York: Routledge. 2000. ISBN 0415920388. OCLC 40776839.
{{cite book}}: CS1 maint: others (link) - ^ a b T, H. S. (1935-07-27). "Miss Ida M. Roper". Nature. 136: 134–135. doi:10.1038/136134a0. ISSN 1476-4687.
- ^ Marsh, Louise; Groom, Quentin (2015-11-20). "The female botanists of the 19th and early 20th century". doi:10.6084/m9.figshare.1608869.v1.
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