Eva Crackles

Eva Crackles

Dr Crackles
Born Florence Eva Crackles
(1918-01-23)23 January 1918
Hull, England
Died 14 July 2007(2007-07-14) (aged 89)
Nationality British
Fields Botany
Institutions University of Hull
Doctoral advisor Ronald Good
Notable awards MBE (1992)

Eva Crackles (1918–2007) was a British botanist and teacher notable for her major contributions to the Atlas of the British Flora, published in 1962.

She received an honorary Doctor of Science degree from the University of Hull in 1991.[1] The following year, she was made a Member of the Order of the British Empire (MBE) by Queen Elizabeth II for her work in plant conservation. Crackles was elected Honorary Life member of the Botanical Society of Britain and Ireland in 2000.[2][3]

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