Stoneman, Bertha (1866–1943)
Stoneman, Bertha (1866–1943)
American educator and botanist. Born Bertha Stoneman, 1866, in Lakewood, NY; died April 1943 in Wellington, South Africa; Cornell University, AB, 1894, PhD in botany, 1896.
Became science teacher at Huguenot University College in Wellington, South Africa (1897), and built herbarium there; wrote popular textbook on South African plants (1915); helped to found South African Association of University Women; was the last American to head Huguenot University College, retiring from presidency in 1932.
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