D. M. Napper

Diana Margaret Napper, who published as D. M. Napper, (1930–1972) was an English botanist, specializing in the systematic botany of East Africa, particularly grasses.[1]

Life

She was educated at the University of Exeter, graduating with a B.Sc. in botany in 1953. In 1954 she started working for the Department of Agriculture in Kenya, starting at the Coffee Research Station in Ruiru. In 1955 she transferred to the East African Herbarium in Nairobi.[2] After returning to England, she was for a short time on the staff of the Kew Herbarium.[1]

Works
  • (with K. W. Harker) An illustrated guide to the grasses of Uganda, 1960
  • Grasses of Tanganyika: with keys for identification, 1965

References
  1. Marilyn Ogilvie; Joy Harvey, eds. (2003). "NAPPER, DIANA MARGARET (1930-1972)". The Biographical Dictionary of Women in Science: Pioneering Lives From Ancient Times to the Mid-20th Century. Routledge. p. 228. ISBN 978-1-135-96343-9.
  2. Miss D. M. Napper, Kew Bulletin, Vol. 28, No. 1 (1973), pp.1-4
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