Alice Eastwood, Date of Birth, Place of Birth, Date of Death

Alice Eastwood

Canadian American botanist

Date of Birth: 19-Jan-1859

Place of Birth: Toronto, Ontario, Canada

Date of Death: 30-Oct-1953

Profession: curator, editor, botanical collector, botanist, botanical illustrator

Nationality: Canada, United States

Zodiac Sign: Capricorn

Alice Eastwood (January 19, 1859 – October 30, 1953) was a Canadian American botanist.
She is credited with building the botanical collection at the California Academy of Sciences, in San Francisco.
She published over 310 scientific articles and authored 395 land plant species names, the fourth-highest number of such names authored by any female scientist.
There are seventeen currently recognized species named for her, as well as the genera Eastwoodia and Aliciella.