Ethel Sargant
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Ethel Sargant was a British
botanist.
She was the third daughter of Henry Sargant of Lincoln's Inn, and Emma Beale, and was educated at the North London Collegiate School
and, from 1881 to 1885, at Girton College, Cambridge
.
After some years spent doing botanical work at home, she worked for Dr. D.H. Scott at Jodrell Laboratory in Kew Gardens from 1892 to 1893. For the following years she specialised in seedling anatomy, giving a course of lectures on botany at the University of London
in 1907 and being President of the Botanical Section at the British Association meeting at Birmingham
in 1913.
Moving to live at the Old Rectory in Girton village in 1912, she was elected an Honorary Fellow of Girton College
in 1913 and President of the Federation of University Women in 1918.
During World War I, she organised the register of university women qualified to do work of national importance, which was afterwards taken over by the Ministry of Labour
.
She bequeathed her botanical library and bookcases to Girton College
. The Ethel Sargant Studentship for research into Natural Sciences was endowed by friends in her memory in 1919.
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botanist.
She was the third daughter of Henry Sargant of Lincoln's Inn, and Emma Beale, and was educated at the North London Collegiate School
North London Collegiate School
North London Collegiate School is an independent day school for girls founded in 1850 in Camden Town, and now in the London Borough of Harrow.The Good Schools Guide called the school an "Academically stunning outer London school in a glorious setting which, in 2003, demonstrated its refusal to rest...
and, from 1881 to 1885, at Girton College, Cambridge
Girton College, Cambridge
Girton College is one of the 31 constituent colleges of the University of Cambridge. It was England's first residential women's college, established in 1869 by Emily Davies and Barbara Bodichon. The full college status was only received in 1948 and marked the official admittance of women to the...
.
After some years spent doing botanical work at home, she worked for Dr. D.H. Scott at Jodrell Laboratory in Kew Gardens from 1892 to 1893. For the following years she specialised in seedling anatomy, giving a course of lectures on botany at the University of London
University of London
-20th century:Shortly after 6 Burlington Gardens was vacated, the University went through a period of rapid expansion. Bedford College, Royal Holloway and the London School of Economics all joined in 1900, Regent's Park College, which had affiliated in 1841 became an official divinity school of the...
in 1907 and being President of the Botanical Section at the British Association meeting at Birmingham
Birmingham
Birmingham is a city and metropolitan borough in the West Midlands of England. It is the most populous British city outside the capital London, with a population of 1,036,900 , and lies at the heart of the West Midlands conurbation, the second most populous urban area in the United Kingdom with a...
in 1913.
Moving to live at the Old Rectory in Girton village in 1912, she was elected an Honorary Fellow of Girton College
Girton College, Cambridge
Girton College is one of the 31 constituent colleges of the University of Cambridge. It was England's first residential women's college, established in 1869 by Emily Davies and Barbara Bodichon. The full college status was only received in 1948 and marked the official admittance of women to the...
in 1913 and President of the Federation of University Women in 1918.
During World War I, she organised the register of university women qualified to do work of national importance, which was afterwards taken over by the Ministry of Labour
Ministry of Labour
The Ministry of Labour was a British civil service department established by the New Ministries and Secretaries Act 1916. It was renamed the Employment Department in 1988, and finally abolished in 1995...
.
She bequeathed her botanical library and bookcases to Girton College
Girton College, Cambridge
Girton College is one of the 31 constituent colleges of the University of Cambridge. It was England's first residential women's college, established in 1869 by Emily Davies and Barbara Bodichon. The full college status was only received in 1948 and marked the official admittance of women to the...
. The Ethel Sargant Studentship for research into Natural Sciences was endowed by friends in her memory in 1919.