Identity area
Reference code
GB 235 RBG/9/1/2/IBB/1
Title
Isaac Bayley Balfour lecture notes taken by Bertha Chandler
Date(s)
- 1912-1913 (Creation)
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1 notebook
Context area
Name of creator
Biographical history
Bertha Chandler (Mrs. C. Norman Kemp) was the first woman to obtain the degree of D.Sc. of Edinburgh University July 1915.
Name of creator
(1853-1922)
Biographical history
Son of John Hutton Balfour, Isaac Bayley Balfour was Regius Keeper at the Royal Botanic Garden Edinburgh between 1888 and 1922, specialising in Rhododendrons and Primulas and making improvements to the RBGE's teaching and laboratory facilities.
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Content and structure area
Scope and content
Bound notebook entitled 'Lectures on The Flowering Plants (Prof. Bayley Balfour) (Monocots and Dicots) 1912-1913 (for Conifers see /o-)