Winifred Lily Boys-Smith

Winifred Lily Boys-Smith
Photo of Winifred Boys-Smith from the Otago Witness in March 1911
Born (1865-11-07)November 7, 1865
Corsham, Wiltshire, England
Died January 1, 1939(1939-01-01) (aged 73)
Occupation Scientist, Professor

Winifred Lily Boys-Smith (7 November 1865–1 January 1939) was an English-born New Zealand science artist and lecturer, university professor, school principal. She was born in Corsham, Wiltshire, England on 7 November 1865.[1]

Boys-Smith studied at the University of Cambridge between 1891 and 1895. She took the full honours course for natural sciences tripos, however, was only given a certificate as women were not granted degrees at the time.[2]

She taught at Cheltenham Ladies College.[1]

Her nephew, John Sandwith Boys Smith, was Master of St John's College, Cambridge [3] and Vice-Chancellor of the University of Cambridge from 1963 to 1965.[4]

Books illustrated

  • Laurie, Charlotte (1903). Flowering Plants: Their Structure And Habitat. Allman and Sons.
  • Laurie, Charlotte (1905). A text-book of elementary botany. Allman and Sons.

References

  1. 1 2 McDonald, Heath. "Winifred Lily Boys-Smith". Dictionary of New Zealand Biography. Ministry for Culture and Heritage. Retrieved 23 April 2017.
  2. ↑ Taonga, New Zealand Ministry for Culture and Heritage Te Manatu. "Boys-Smith, Winifred Lily". Retrieved 2018-10-09.
  3. ↑ "Correspondence and papers of John Sandwith Boys Smith (1901-1991), theologian, Master of St John's 1959-1969 | St John's College, Cambridge". www.joh.cam.ac.uk. Retrieved 2017-01-20.
  4. ↑ Weglowska, Magdalena (2015-02-23). "History of the Vice-Chancellorship". www.v-c.admin.cam.ac.uk. Retrieved 2017-01-20.


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