Edith Rebecca Saunders, Date of Birth, Place of Birth, Date of Death

Edith Rebecca Saunders

British geneticist

Date of Birth: 14-Oct-1865

Place of Birth: Brighton, England, United Kingdom

Date of Death: 06-Jun-1945

Profession: zoologist, geneticist

Nationality: United Kingdom

Zodiac Sign: Libra

Edith Rebecca Saunders (14 October 1865 – 6 June 1945) was a British geneticist and plant anatomist.
Described by J.
B.
S.
Haldane as the "Mother of British Plant Genetics", she played an active role in the re-discovery of Mendel's laws of heredity, the understanding of trait inheritance in plants, and was the first collaborator of the geneticist William Bateson.
She also developed extensive work on flower anatomy, particularly focusing on the gynoecia, the female reproductive organs of flowers.