Margaret Keay

Margaret Agnes Keay OBE (11 June 1911 - 26 October 1998), was a South African-born British plant pathologist.

Margaret Keay was born on 11 June 1911 in Pretoria, South Africa, the only child of Scottish parents, and her father was Under-Secretary for Justice in the Union of South Africa. She was at Cape Town University and Newnham College, Cambridge.[1]

Keay was Senior Plant Pathologist, Institute for Agricultural Research, Ahmadu Bello University from 1964-68, and Professor, and Head of the Department of Crop Protection 1968-71.[1]

References

  1. 1 2 "Obituary: Margaret Keay". 14 November 1998.
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