Winifred Boys-Smith, Date of Birth, Place of Birth, Date of Death

Winifred Boys-Smith

British born New Zealand botanical artist and educator

Date of Birth: 07-Nov-1865

Place of Birth: Corsham, England, United Kingdom

Date of Death: 01-Jan-1939

Profession: professor, botanical illustrator, academic

Nationality: New Zealand

Zodiac Sign: Scorpio

Winifred Lily Boys-Smith (7 November 1865 – 1 January 1939) was an English science artist and lecturer, university professor, school principal.
She was born in Corsham, Wiltshire, England on 7 November 1865.Boys-Smith studied at the University of Cambridge between 1891 and 1895.
She took the full honours course for natural sciences tripos, however, was only given a certificate as women were not granted degrees at the time.She taught at Cheltenham Ladies College from 1896 to 1906 and the University of Otago from 1911. Her nephew, John Sandwith Boys Smith, was Master of St John's College, Cambridge and Vice-Chancellor of the University of Cambridge from 1963 to 1965.When Flowering Plants was published in 1903, a review in Nature called the illustrations "unusually good".Boys-Smith features as one of the Royal Society of New Zealand's "150 women in 150 words" project in 2017.