Conway, Verona (1910–1986)
Conway, Verona (1910–1986)
English botanist. Name variations: Verona Margaret Conway. Born Jan 13, 1910, in England; died Dec 19, 1986; attended Newnham College, Cambridge, 1929–33; Girton College, Cambridge, PhD, 1937, studied under Dr. Harry Godwin; attended Unitarian College, Manchester, 1961–63; m. Eric Swale, 1969.
Known for work on Pennines' blanket bogs and on ecology of sedge, Cladium mariscus, was assistant lecturer at University of Sheffield's botany department (1941–46, 1947–49); studied bogs of central Minnesota via American Association of University Women (1946–47); worked at Nature Conservancy (1949–55); served as director of Nature Conservancy Research Centre at Merlewood, Grange-over-Sands, Cumbria (1955–61); became a Unitarian minister (1963).
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