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CodePX247
Dates1916-1984
Person NameEdwards; Phyllis Irene (1916-1984)
SurnameEdwards
ForenamesPhyllis Irene
ActivityMuseum Staff. Appointed Temporary Experimental Officer in Department of Botany 1 June 1951 (established 19 July 1955); Botany Librarian 1951-78. Retired 1978.
Educated at Godolphin & Latymer Girls School. 1940 BSc in Botany & Zoology from Bedford College.
1943-44 experimental assistant in the Ministry of Supply. 1944-51 worked for the Ministry of Education in the Science Museum Library.
Founded ASLIB Biological Group1963, Chair till 1976.
Fellow of the Linnean Society 1960, served on Society's Library Committee.
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DF/BOT/407/29Staff file: Miss Phyllis I Edwards
DF/PH/2/7/2/2Staff Photograph: Miss P Edwards at reading desk in Botany Library
DF/PH/2/7/2/4Staff Photograph: Miss Edwards holding botanical manuscript
DF/BOT/461Botany Librarian's Correspondence and Papers
DF/PH/2/7/2/3Staff Photograph: Miss P Edwards with children at reading desk in Botany Library
DF/PH/2/7/2/1Staff Photograph: Miss P Edwards at reading desk in Botany Library
DF/BOT/461/11Edwards, Phyllis: Creation of a 'Botanical Record' index
DF/PH/2/2/2/9Staff Group Photograph: Botany Department
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