Crane, Eva (1911–)

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Crane, Eva (1911–)

English apiculturalist. Name variations: Eva Widdowson; Dr. Eva Crane. Born Eva Widdowson, 1911, in England; sister of Elsie Widdowson (1906–2000); PhD in nuclear physics; m. James Alfred Crane (Royal Navy officer), 1942 (died 1978).

Known for lifelong devotion to study of honey bees, began career as physicist (1938); worked as 1st director of International Bee Research Association (IBRA, 1949–83); served as editor of Apicultural Abstracts (1950–83), of Bee World (1950–83), and of Journal of Apicultural Research (1963–82); wrote Honey: A Comprehensive Survey (1975), The Archaeology of Beekeeping (1983) and The World History of Beekeeping and Honey Hunting: Bees as a World Resource (1999); contributed to IBRA's dictionary of beekeeping terms. Named Officer of the Order of the British Empire (1984).

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