Lucy May Cranwell
Also recorded as Lucy Cranwell Smith · Cranwell · Lucy M. Cranwell · Mrs Cranwell Smith
Lucy May Cranwell
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- Born
- 1907 · Henderson.
- Died
- 2000 · Tucson.
- Nationality
- New Zealand
- Occupation
- botanist · palynologist · writer · botanical collector · paleobotanist · scientific collector
- Education
- University of Auckland · University of London
- Honours
- Hector Medal · Loder Cup · Fellow of Auckland War Memorial Museum · Fellow of the Royal Society Te Apārangi · Fellow of the Linnean Society of London · honorary doctor of the University of Auckland
- Languages
- English
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Lucy May Cranwell studied at University of Auckland and University of London. Betty Molesworth Allen is recorded as having studied under Lucy May Cranwell. The recorded working language is English. Residence is recorded at New Zealand and United States. Employment is recorded with Auckland War Memorial Museum Tāmaki Paenga Hira. Positions recorded include curator. Distinctions recorded are Hector Medal, Loder Cup, Fellow of Auckland War Memorial Museum and Fellow of the Royal Society Te Apārangi.
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Lucy May Cranwell (7 August 1907 – 8 June 2000) is documented in the authority records of the Bibliothèque nationale de France. Lucy May Cranwell was born in Auckland, New Zealand (7 August 1907) and died in Tucson, Arizona (8 June 2000).
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Henderson.
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Tucson.
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- 1.Harvey, C. F. Waitakere Ranges: Ranges of Inspiration, Nature, History, Culture. Waitakere Ranges Protection Society. 63. 2006. 978-0-476-00520-4.
- 2.Key, Jean. Swan's Arch. Auckland Council.
- 3.Thomson, A.D. Yearbook of the Academy Council of the Royal Society of New Zealand 2000. Royal Society of New Zealand. 48–64. 2000. 1174-1090.
- 4.362-363.
- 5.Cite Q Q129609421
- 6.Food is where you find it : a guide to emergency foods of the Western Pacific. Auckland War Memorial Museum.
- 7.260.
- 8.Davis, Owen K. Lucy May Cranwell Smith 1907-2000. University of Arizona. 2002.
- 9.A-C. Royal Society Te Apārangi.
- 10.Cameron, Ewen K. Lucy Cranwell - Pioneering young curator, adventurous and outstanding. Auckland War Memorial Museum. 12 July 2018.
- 11.citeq Q115749508
- 12.Museum Medals. Auckland War Memorial Museum.
- 13.Lucy Cranwell. Royal Society Te Apārangi.
- 14.New Zealand Association of Scientists - Cranwell Medal. scientists.org.nz.
- 15.Auckland Council. Cranwell Park.
- 16.Grant, Simon. West: The History of Waitakere. Random House. 317. 2009. 9781869790080.
- 17.CiteQ Q124313556
- 18.citeQ Q89182253
- 19.Sherff, Earl Edward. Some New or Otherwise Noteworthy Labiatae and Compositae. Publications of the Field Museum of Natural History, Botanical Series. 17. 6. 577–612. 1939.
- 20.citeQ Q130242302
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