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Obermeyer, A. A. (Anna Amelia)

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Personal name headingObermeyer, A. A. (Anna Amelia)
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Variant(s)Obermeyer, Anna Amelia
Obermeyer, A. Amelia (Anna Amelia)
Obermeyer-Mauve, Anna Amelia
Mauve, Anna Amelia
Mauve, Anna Amelia Obermeyer-
Associated countrySouth Africa
Birth date1907-07-30
Death date2001-10-10
Place of birthPretoria (South Africa)
Field of activityMonocotyledons
AffiliationNational Herbarium (South Africa)
Profession or occupationBotanists
Found inFlora of Southern Africa, 1992: t.p. (A.A. Obermeyer)
Lewis, G.J. Gladiolus, 1972: t.p. (A. Amelia Obermeyer, Biological Research Institute; Department of Agricultural Technical Services, Pretoria)
NLSA, May 4, 2007 (hdg.: Obermeyer, A. A. (Anna Amelia); usage: A.A. Obermeyer)
Bothalia, 2002: vol. 32, pt. 1, pp. 127-130 (obituary: Anna Amelia Obermeyer-Mauve; born in Pretoria on 30 July 1907; in May 1929 she was appointed botanist in the Transvaal Museum, a post she held until August 1938, when she married Mr Anton Mauve; marriage meant exchanging a paid professional career for that of a housewife, and this Mrs Mauve did until 1 December 1957, when she joined the staff of the National Herbarium; placed in charge of the petaloid monocots, and remained until she reached pensionable age on 30 July 1972; returned in a temporary capacity on 30 October 1972; finally retired on 31 August 1985, moved to Pinelands (Cape Town) and passed away peacefully on 10 October 2001)
Associated languageeng