LC control no. | no2007050238 |
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Descriptive conventions | rda |
Personal name heading | Obermeyer, A. A. (Anna Amelia) |
Variant(s) | Obermeyer, Anna Amelia Obermeyer, A. Amelia (Anna Amelia) Obermeyer-Mauve, Anna Amelia Mauve, Anna Amelia Mauve, Anna Amelia Obermeyer- |
Associated country | South Africa |
Birth date | 1907-07-30 |
Death date | 2001-10-10 |
Place of birth | Pretoria (South Africa) |
Field of activity | Monocotyledons |
Affiliation | National Herbarium (South Africa) |
Profession or occupation | Botanists |
Found in | Flora 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 language | eng |