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Nellie Bancroft

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Bancroft married Charles Eyres Simmons on 20 March 1939. Though she took his last name, becoming Helen Holme Simmons, she continued to be known as Helen Bancroft professionally.
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Authors of Plant Names: A List of Authors of Scientific Names of Plants, with Recommended Standard Forms of Their Names, Including Abbreviations
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Bancroft was freed from internment in 1944. She lived for only six further years after regaining her freedom, dying on 2 October 1950.
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from 1918 to 1927, and then as University Demonstrator at Oxford from 1927 to 1932. From 1932 onwards, Bancroft worked for the
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in France in 1940 captured by the Germans and spent four years in internment before being released and returning home in 1944.
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The Biographical Dictionary of Women in Science: Pioneering Lives from Ancient Times to the Mid-20th Century, Volume 1: A–K
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In 1940, Bancroft travelled to France as a research worker. While conducting research in France, she was based in
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Philosophical Transactions of the Royal Society of London. Series B, Containing Papers of a Biological Character
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prompting Bancroft's scientific friends to send her letters "during her isolation from scientific life".
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She held a variety of professional positions; she worked as a Demonstrator in botany in 1916 at
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General Committee of the British Association for the Advancement of Science, member (1933)
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Bancroft also frequently contributed to agricultural and botanical journals. She used the
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famous for her work on plant systematics and the anatomy of both living and fossil plants.
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Rothwell, Gar W.; Mapes, Gene; Stockey, Ruth A.; Hilton, Jason (2013-07-01).
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Catarino, L.; Martins, E. S.; Abreu, J. A.; Figueira, R. (2012-01-01).
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in London from 1916 to 1918, as Demonstrator in rural economy at the
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Dictionary Of British And Irish Botanists And Horticulturists
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H.H.Bancr., the simpler Bancr. already having been used by
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Blumea: Biodiversity, Evolution and Biogeography of Plants
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Revisions of Indian Fossil Plants: Part I: Coniferales
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as a research student from 1911 to 1914 and earned a
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(1928). 286:William Somerville 803:British botanists 361:Bancroftiastrobus 243:Westfield College 224:Doctor of Science 149: 148: 126:Westfield College 98:Scientific career 44:30 September 1887 830: 777: 776: 763: 757: 756: 716: 710: 709: 699: 688: 687: 655: 649: 648: 646: 622: 616: 606: 600: 599: 589: 583: 582: 562: 556: 555: 553: 552: 538: 532: 531: 511: 502: 501: 484:Ogilvie, Marilyn 476: 445: 444: 434: 432:10.1038/149498e0 411: 388: 378: 377: 376: 290:How a Tree Grows 217: 171:, was a British 73: 71: 51: 49: 19: 18: 838: 837: 833: 832: 831: 829: 828: 827: 783: 782: 781: 780: 772: H.H.Bancr 764: 760: 717: 713: 700: 691: 656: 652: 623: 619: 607: 603: 590: 586: 579: 563: 559: 550: 548: 540: 539: 535: 528: 512: 505: 498: 477: 448: 415:"Announcements" 413: 412: 399: 394: 374: 373: 372: 367: 329: 308:internment camp 235:Bedford College 220:Newnham College 192: 169:Nellie Bancroft 128: 124: 122:Bedford College 79:Alma mater 69: 67: 58: 52: 47: 45: 43: 42: 32: 24: 23:Nellie Bancroft 17: 12: 11: 5: 836: 826: 825: 820: 815: 810: 805: 800: 795: 779: 778: 758: 737:10.1086/670368 731:(6): 937–946. 711: 689: 670:(3): 263–274. 650: 617: 601: 584: 577: 557: 533: 526: 503: 496: 446: 396: 395: 393: 390: 385:botanical name 352: 351: 345: 342: 336: 328: 325: 226:degree at the 191: 188: 147: 146: 143: 142: 139: 133: 132: 119: 115: 114: 105: 101: 100: 94: 93: 90: 86: 85: 80: 76: 75: 74:(aged 63) 66:2 October 1950 64: 60: 59: 53: 40: 38: 34: 33: 25: 22: 15: 9: 6: 4: 3: 2: 835: 824: 821: 819: 816: 814: 811: 809: 806: 804: 801: 799: 796: 794: 791: 790: 788: 774: 773: 768: 762: 754: 750: 746: 742: 738: 734: 730: 726: 722: 715: 707: 706: 698: 696: 694: 685: 681: 677: 673: 669: 665: 661: 654: 645: 640: 636: 632: 628: 621: 614: 610: 605: 597: 596: 588: 580: 578:0-947643-44-3 574: 570: 569: 561: 547: 543: 537: 529: 527:0-85066-843-3 523: 519: 518: 510: 508: 499: 497:0-415-92039-6 493: 489: 485: 481: 475: 473: 471: 469: 467: 465: 463: 461: 459: 457: 455: 453: 451: 442: 438: 433: 428: 424: 420: 416: 410: 408: 406: 404: 402: 397: 389: 386: 382: 371: 368:The standard 365: 363: 362: 357: 356:Late Jurassic 349: 346: 343: 340: 337: 334: 331: 330: 324: 321: 319: 318: 313: 309: 305: 301: 296: 293: 291: 287: 283: 282: 277: 276: 271: 267: 263: 259: 254: 252: 248: 244: 240: 236: 231: 229: 225: 221: 213: 209: 206:and then the 205: 201: 197: 187: 185: 181: 178: 174: 170: 166: 163: 159: 156: 153: 144: 140: 138: 134: 131: 127: 123: 120: 116: 113: 109: 106: 102: 99: 95: 91: 87: 84: 81: 77: 65: 61: 56: 39: 35: 31: 28: 20: 771: 761: 728: 724: 714: 704: 667: 663: 653: 634: 630: 620: 612: 604: 594: 587: 567: 560: 549:. 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FRS
FLS
Derby
University of Cambridge
Botany
palaeobotany
Bedford College
Westfield College
University of Oxford
Author abbrev. (botany)
FRS
FLS
née
botanist
scientific illustrator
Imperial Forestry Institute
Derby
Derby Girl's Secondary School
University College Nottingham
University College London
Bachelor of Science
Newnham College
Doctor of Science
University of Cambridge
Bedford College
London
Westfield College
University of Oxford
Imperial Forestry Institute
author abbreviation

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