Botanist

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Mary McCallum Webster

Submitted by Mary Byatt on 11 March 2012 - 5:38pm
Revised: 24 June 2018 - 8:52pm — Alison McCall
Dates: 
31 December 1906 - 7 November 1985

Mary McCallum Webster was a self-taught botanist who became a leading field botanist in the British Isles. Born in Sussex to Scottish parents, she became interested in botany at a young age.

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Part of display at Elgin Museum
Sources
Bennet, Byatt, Main, Oliver &Trythall (eds), Women of Moray, Luath Press, 2012
The entry on Mary McCallum Webster is on pages 259-263.
Information from display at Elgin Museum
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