Item ADH/2/39 - Lily Newton to AD Hall

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Lily Newton to AD Hall: memories of meeting William Bateson and his appointment of Frank Newton at John Innes

Admin History: Lily Newton (née Batten) (26 January 1893 - 26 March 1981) : Ph.D., M.Sc., F.L.S., (Bristol), member of John Innes staff Jan-Aug 1928. Lily became assistant lecturer in Botany at Bristol in 1919, before moving to Birkbeck College, University of London in 1920. She worked as lecturer in botany until 1923, when she became a research worker in natural history at the British Museum and the Imperial College of Science. She married Dr William Charles Frank Newton in 1925, a promising cytologist at the John Innes Horticultural Institute. Sadly, she was widowed only two years later. From 1927 to 1928, she worked for the John Innes Horticultural Institute, helping to prepare much of her husband’s work for publication. In 1928, Newton moved to Wales, becoming lecturer in botany at the University of Wales, Aberystwyth. She was promoted to professor of botany in 1930. She was Vice-Principal of the University of Wales 1951-52. In 1959, she was elected Emeritus Professor.