Betty Molesworth Allen, Date of Birth, Place of Birth, Date of Death

Betty Molesworth Allen

New Zealand botanist

Date of Birth: 21-Jul-1913

Place of Birth: Opotiki, Bay of Plenty Region, New Zealand

Date of Death: 11-Oct-2002

Profession: botanist, explorer, scientific illustrator

Nationality: New Zealand

Zodiac Sign: Cancer

Betty Eleanor Gosset Molesworth Allen (21 July 1913 – 11 October 2002) was a New Zealand botanist.
She researched and published extensively on Southeast Asian ferns, and in her retirement she discovered a fern in southern Spain that had previously been thought to be an exclusively tropical species.