Edith Rebecca Saunders
Edith Rebecca Saunders was a British geneticist and plant anatomist. Described by J. B. S. Haldane as the "Mother of British Plant Genetics", she played an active role in the re-discovery of Mendel's laws of heredity, the understanding of trait inheritance in plants, and was the first collaborator of the geneticist William Bateson. She also developed extensive work on flower anatomy, particularly focusing on the gynoecia, the female reproductive organs of flowers.
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Female
Date of Birth
October 14th, 1865
Age
161
Birth Place
United Kingdom, England, Brighton and Hove
Date of Death
June 6th, 1945
Died Aged
79
Star Sign
Libra
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