Elsie Conway
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Elsie Conway FRSE (née Phillips, 15 March 1902 – 22 July 1992) was a British phycologist. She served as president of the British Phycological Society from 1965 to 1967, and was one of the earliest women Fellows of the Royal Society of Edinburgh.
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Elsie Conway | |
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Born | Elsie Phillips (1902-03-15)15 March 1902 Aldford, Cheshire, England |
Died | 22 July 1992(1992-07-22) (aged 90) Chester, Cheshire, England |
Alma mater | University of Liverpool |
Spouse |
Geoffrey Conway
(m. 1928; div. 1948) |
Children | John Conway |
Awards | FRSE (1967) |
Scientific career | |
Fields | Phycology |
Institutions | Durham University University of Glasgow |
Thesis | (1925) |
Doctoral advisor | John McLean Thompson |
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