Eva Crackles

Eva Crackles
Dr Crackles
Born Florence Eva Crackles
(1918-01-23)23 January 1918
Hull, England
Died 14 July 2007(2007-07-14) (aged 89)
Nationality British
Awards MBE (1992)
Scientific career
Fields Botany
Institutions University of Hull
Doctoral advisor Ronald Good

Eva Crackles (1918–2007) was a British botanist and teacher notable for her major contributions to the Atlas of the British Flora, published in 1962.

She received an honorary Doctor of Science degree from the University of Hull in 1991.[1] The following year, she was made a Member of the Order of the British Empire (MBE) by Queen Elizabeth II for her work in plant conservation. Crackles was elected Honorary Life member of the Botanical Society of Britain and Ireland in 2000.[2][3]

Works

  • The Flowering Plants of Spurn. Hull Academic Press. 1986. ASIN B0007BMORO.
  • Flora of the East Riding of Yorkshire. Hull Academic Press. 1990. ISBN 978-0859584876.

References

  1. Eva Crackles 1918-2007, Hull Museums, Retrieved 15 August 2016
  2. "Obituaries – FLORENCE EVA CRACKLES" (PDF). Watsonia. 27: 91–97. 2008.
  3. http://www2.hull.ac.uk/science/crackles/eva.aspx
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