Florence Ellen Hewitt
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Florence Ellen Hewitt | |
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| Born | 1 September 1910 Makhanda, South Africa |
| Died | 20 May 1979 (aged 68) Pretoria, South Africa |
| Occupations | botanist, algologist |
Florence Ellen Hewitt (1 September 1910, Grahamstown – 20 May 1979, Pretoria) was a South African botanist, algologist and teacher, daughter of John Hewitt, curator of the Albany Museum from 1910 to 1948.[1]
Florence Ellen Hewitt was born on 1 September 1910 in Grahamstown.[1] Her father John Hewitt was a herpetologist, curator of the Albany Museum from 1910 to 1948 and founding member of the South African Museums Association.[2]
Hewitt was educated at Rhodes University graduating as Bachelor and Master of Sciences.[1] She studied under G. F. Papenfuss at Berkeley, California, and published “A morphological study of three South African Gigartinales” in University California Publishing.[1]
From 1931 to 1937, Hewitt taught biology at D.S.G Grahamstown, from 1938 to 1939 – in England.[1] From 1941 until her retirement in 1970, she taught biology and general science at Wynberg Girls’ High School in Cape Town.[3]
In 1956–1957, she participated in educational exchange under the auspices of American private agencies by the year for the Union of South Africa at the University of California, Berkeley.[3] During the educational exchange at the University of California Hewitt conducted a research in techniques employed in study of the comparative morphology of South African seaweeds.[3]
From 1972 to 1977, Hewitt worked as a temporary assistant under Mr. R. H. Simons for the Seaweed Research Unit of the Division of Sea Fisheries, having collected over 100 seaweeds, incorporated in R.H. Simon's collection.[1]
Florence Ellen Hewitt died on 20 May 1979 in Pretoria.[1]
