Agnes Arber

Agnes Arber
Arber in 1916
Born	Agnes Robertson (1879-02-23)23 February 1879 Primrose Hill, London, England
Died	22 March 1960(1960-03-22) (aged 81) Cambridge, England, UK
Alma mater	University College, London, (BSc, 1899) Newnham College (1902) University College, London (Sc.D., 1905)
Spouse	Edward Alexander Newell Arber (m. 1909)
Children	Muriel Agnes (1913–2004)[1]
Awards	Gold Medal of the Linnean Society of London (1948) Fellow of the Royal Society (1946) President, Botany Section, British Association for the Advancement of Science (1921)
Scientific career
Fields	Plant morphology, plant anatomy
Author abbrev. (botany)	A.Arber

Agnes Arber FRS (née Robertson; 23 February 1879 – 22 March 1960) was a British plant morphologist and anatomist, historian of botany and philosopher of biology. She was born in London but lived most of her life in Cambridge, including the last 51 years of her life. She was the first woman botanist to be elected as a Fellow of the Royal Society (21 March 1946, at the age of 67) and the third woman overall. She was the first woman to receive the Gold Medal of the Linnean Society of London.

Her scientific research focused on the monocotyledon group of flowering plants. She also contributed to development of morphological studies in botany during the early part of the 20th century. Her later work concentrated on the topic of philosophy in botany, particularly on the nature of biological research.