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- c 1950-1982 (Creation)
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Typed biographical interview notes (2pp) on Dorothea de Winton (1891-1982) by Peggy Grayson, a journalist working in the 1950s-90s. Describes childhood, family, education, employment, joining the JI 1 sepia print of Dorothea de Winton and 1 other in a field of flowers.
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Admin History: Dorothea De Winton (1891-1982) JI 1920 -1941 De Winton was a plant scientist and one of the first female geneticists. She worked with Bateson on Chinese primrose (Primula. sinensis). She continued after his death in 1926, discovering 20 new mutants. In 1932 De Winton published a book on her work titled 'Leaf and Bract Forms of Primula Sinensis and their Inheritance', following that with 'The Genetics of Primula sinensis IV: Indications as to the Ontogenetic Relationship of Leaf and Inflorescence' with Edgar Anderson in 1935. She also published a study on self-sterility and self-fertility in with Anderson in 1931. H C Osterstock illustrated her work on Primula. sinensis (1923, 1935)