Alida Olbers Wester

Alida Olbers Wester
Born1842 (1842)
Died1912 (aged 69–70)
Scientific career
FieldsBotany

Alida Olbers Wester (13 October 1842 – 29 October 1912) was an early Swedish botanist noted for studying plant anatomy, particularly the structure of the pericarp.

Life

Alida Olbers was born on 13 October 1842 in Marstrand, a small island north of Gothenburg. She studied at Stockholm's higher seminar for women teachers, and until 1904 worked privately as a teacher in Stockholm. In the 1880s and 1890s she conducted research at the Hogskola's Botanical Institute. Olbers researched plant anatomy and morphology, and published eight papers, covering subjects such as flower and fruit anatomy in the pinks (Caryophyllacaea), mints (Labiatae), geraniums (Geraniaceae) and roses (Rosaceae).

Olbers married M. Wester in 1897, and died in Marstrand on 29 October 1912. She was seventy years old.

Written works

References

  1. ↑ Wester, Alida Olbers (1899). "Bidrag Till Kannedomen om Alsineblommans Morfologi Och Anatomi". Meddelanden Från Stockholms Högskolas Botaniska Institut (in Swedish). Retrieved 4 August 2018.
  2. 1 2 3 4 5 6 Creese, Door Mary R. S.; Creese, Thomas M. (2004). Ladies in the Laboratory II: West European Women in Science, 1800-1900 : a Survey of Their Contributions to Research. Scarecrow Press. p. 6. ISBN 9780810849792. Retrieved 4 August 2018. During the 1880s and 1890s she carried out research in plant anatomy and morphology at the Hogskola's Botanical Institute.
  3. ↑ Coulter, John Merle; Coulter, M. S.; Barnes, Charles Reid; Arthur, Joseph Charles (April 1892). "Notes and News". Botanical Gazette: 133. Retrieved 4 August 2018. Alida Olbers has investigated the structure of the pericarp of the Labiatae.
  4. ↑ Lockyer, Sir Norman (25 June 1885). "Societies and Academies: Stockholm". Nature. 32: 192. Retrieved 4 August 2018.