Elsie M. Burrows

Elsie M. Burrows
Elsie M. Burrows
Born	Elsie May Pearson ; 14 September 1913
Died	26 August 1986 (aged 72)
Education	doctorate
Alma mater	University of London ;
Occupation	Botanist, phycologist, university teacher, science writer
Employer	University of Liverpool (1936–1973) ;

Elsie May Burrows (née Pearson) (14 September 1913–26 August 1986) was an English botanist who made significant contributions to British postwar phycology.[1][2] Her primary area of research was macroalgal ecology, focusing particularly on Fucus, a genus of brown algae, and Chlorophyta, a division of the green algae.[2]

Borrows graduated with a B.Sc. from the University College in Leicester. She married in 1936 and assumed a post at Liverpool University, where she spent the remainder of her career. She subsequently received her Ph.D. in 1948.[2]

A founder member of the British Phycological Society, she served as the organization's vice president from 1957 to 1958.[2]

In 1951, she began collecting data for her monograph, Seaweeds of the British Isles. The manuscript was completed shortly before her death and published posthumously in 1991.[1] A number of specimens collected and identified by her for the Seaweed Mapping Scheme remain in the herbarium at the Ulster Museum.[1]

Publications

Burrows, E.M. 1947. J. Ecol. 35: 186.
Burrows, E.M. 1958. Sublittoral algal population in Port Erin Bay, Isle of Man. Journal of the Marine Biological Association of the United Kingdom. 37: 187–703.
Burrows, E.M. 1959. Growth form and environment in Enteromorpha. Bot. J. Linn. Soc. 56: 204–206.
Burrows, E.M. 1964. A preliminary list of the marine algae of the coast of Dorset. Br. Phycol. Bull. 2: 364–368.
Burrows, E.M. 1991. Seaweeds of the British Isles. Volume 2. Chlorophyta. Natural History Museum Publications. ISBN 0-565-00981-8
Burrows, E.M. and Lodge, S.M. 1949. Notes on the inter-relationships of Patella, Balanus and Fucus, on a semi-exposed coast. Rep. Mar. Biol. Sta. Pt. Erin. 62: 30–34.
Burrows, E.M. and Lodge, S. 1951. Autecology and the species problem in Fucus. J. Mar. Biol. Ass. U.K. 30: 161–176.
Burrows, E.M., Conway, E., Lodge, S.M. and Powell, H.T. 1954. The raising of intertidal algal zones on Fair Isle. J. Ecol. 42: 283.
Burrows, E.M., Dixon, P.S., Blackler, H., Drew-Baker, K.M., Powell, H.T., and Powell, H.G. 1957. List of marine algae collected in the district around Dale Fort, Pembrokeshire, September 19–26, 1956. Brit Phy. Bull. 5: 21–31.

References

Norton, T.A. (December 1987). "Elsie M. Burrows (1913–1986)". British Phycological Journal. 22 (4): 317–319. doi:10.1080/00071618700650361. ISSN 0007-1617.
Reid, Geraldine (December 2018). "From the Shore to the Sublittoral: Liverpool's Algal Women". Collections. 14 (4): 455–475. doi:10.1177/155019061801400405. ISSN 1550-1906.
IPNI. Burrows.

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[:1-1] Norton, T.A. (December 1987). "Elsie M. Burrows (1913–1986)". British Phycological Journal. 22 (4): 317–319. doi:10.1080/00071618700650361. ISSN 0007-1617.

[:0-2] Reid, Geraldine (December 2018). "From the Shore to the Sublittoral: Liverpool's Algal Women". Collections. 14 (4): 455–475. doi:10.1177/155019061801400405. ISSN 1550-1906.

[3] IPNI. Burrows.