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== Biography ==
== Biography ==
Dora Pertz was born in London on 14 March 1859 to [[Georg Heinrich Pertz]] and his second wife, Leonora Horner, daughter of [[Leonard Horner]], who was a progressive intellectual and an adamant supporter of Darwinism, a fact he noted in his final address.<ref name=Nature/> She grew up in a family where women were well-educated and intellectually active; one of her aunts was the botanist [[Katharine Murray Lyell]], who was a biographer of [[Charles Lyell]], her brother-in-law.<ref name=Oxford>{{Cite ODNB|id=58481|title= Pertz, Dorothea Frances Matilda (1859–1939)|author=Janet Browne}}</ref><ref name=Women /><ref>{{cite book | author = Lyell K.M. (ed) | title = Life, Letters, and Journals of Sir Charles Lyell | year = 1881 | volume = 1 | publisher = John Murray | location = London | url = https://archive.org/details/lifelettersandj02lyelgoog}} at [[Internet archive]]</ref>
Dora Pertz was born in London on 14 March 1859 to [[Georg Heinrich Pertz]] and his second wife, Leonora Horner, daughter of [[Leonard Horner]], who was a progressive intellectual and an adamant supporter of Darwinism, a fact he noted in his final address.<ref name=Nature/> She grew up in a family where women were well-educated and intellectually active; one of her aunts was the botanist [[Katharine Murray Lyell]], who was a biographer of [[Charles Lyell]], her brother-in-law.<ref name=Oxford>{{Cite ODNB|id=58481|title= Pertz, Dorothea Frances Matilda (1859–1939)|author=Janet Browne}}</ref><ref name=Women /><ref>{{cite book | author = Lyell K.M. (ed) | title = Life, Letters, and Journals of Sir Charles Lyell | year = 1881 | volume = 1 | publisher = John Murray | location = London | url = https://archive.org/details/lifelettersandj02lyelgoog}} at Internet Archive</ref>
<ref>{{cite book | author = Lyell K.M. (ed) | title = Life, Letters, and Journals of Sir Charles Lyell | year = 1881 | volume = 2 | publisher = John Murray | location = London | url = https://archive.org/details/lifelettersandj01lyelgoog}} at [[Internet archive]]</ref> Through family connections she met many prominent naturalists including Darwin.<ref name=Oxford /><ref name=Women>{{cite book|editor1-last=Ogilvie|editor1-first=Marilyn|editor2-last=Harvey|editor2-first=Joy|title=The Biographical Dictionary of Women in Science: L&ndash;Z|date=28 June 2000 |location=New York |publisher=Routledge|isbn=9780415920407|page=1009|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=LTSYePZvSXYC&pg=PA1009}}</ref> Pertz spent most of her youth in Berlin, where her father was [[Berlin State Library|Royal Librarian]], though they visited England each year. After her father's death in 1876, Pertz moved to [[Florence]] with her mother. Later she returned to England and in 1882 she was admitted to [[Newnham College, Cambridge]]. She spent a year in Italy before returning to Cambridge in 1884.<ref name=Oxford /> The next year she took part one of the [[Natural Sciences Tripos]], with her subjects including botany, and gained second-class honours. Once women were allowed titular degrees, she would take her [[Master of Arts (Oxbridge and Dublin)|MA]] in 1932.<ref name=Women />
<ref>{{cite book | author = Lyell K.M. (ed) | title = Life, Letters, and Journals of Sir Charles Lyell | year = 1881 | volume = 2 | publisher = John Murray | location = London | url = https://archive.org/details/lifelettersandj01lyelgoog}} at Internet Archive</ref> Through family connections she met many prominent naturalists including Darwin.<ref name=Oxford /><ref name=Women>{{cite book|editor1-last=Ogilvie|editor1-first=Marilyn|editor2-last=Harvey|editor2-first=Joy|title=The Biographical Dictionary of Women in Science: L&ndash;Z|date=28 June 2000 |location=New York |publisher=Routledge|isbn=9780415920407|page=1009|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=LTSYePZvSXYC&pg=PA1009}}</ref> Pertz spent most of her youth in Berlin, where her father was [[Berlin State Library|Royal Librarian]], though they visited England each year. After her father's death in 1876, Pertz moved to [[Florence]] with her mother. Later she returned to England and in 1882 she was admitted to [[Newnham College, Cambridge]]. She spent a year in Italy before returning to Cambridge in 1884.<ref name=Oxford /> The next year she took part one of the [[Natural Sciences Tripos]], with her subjects including botany, and gained second-class honours. Once women were allowed titular degrees, she would take her [[Master of Arts (Oxbridge and Dublin)|MA]] in 1932.<ref name=Women />


Pertz subsequently undertook research into plant physiology, working under [[Francis Darwin]], a reader at the university.{{efn-ua|The son of Charles Darwin.<ref name=Oxford />}} From 1892 to 1912 they jointly published five papers;{{sfn|Creese|Creese|2000|page=61 Note 215}}<ref name="papers">{{cite web |url=http://www.oxfordjournals.org/our_journals/annbot/darwin.html |title=Free access to the following papers by the Darwins |journal=[[Annals of Botany]] |publisher=Oxford Journals |accessdate=20 December 2014}}</ref> during this period she also collaborated with [[William Bateson]], and she published a paper with him concerning inheritance in [[Veronica (plant)|''Veronica'']]. She also produced two papers independently.<ref name=Oxford /> In 1905 she was made a fellow of the [[Linnean Society of London|Linnean Society]], among the first women admitted as full members,<ref name=Women /> though she did not take part in the movement advocating for women to be fellows.<ref name=Oxford /> After Darwin's retirement, Pertz was encouraged by [[Frederick Blackman]] to undertake research on [[meristematic tissue]], but after a year observing germinating seeds her results were inconclusive.<ref name=Women /> She abandoned research, possibly over disappointment, though [[Agnes Arber]] claimed "she came to recognize that the plant physiology of the twentieth century was developing on lines widely divergent from those on which she had been educated and that it demanded a grasp of mathematics, physics, and chemistry, which she did not possess."<ref name=Nature>{{cite journal|last1=Arber|first1=Agnes|title=Miss Dorothea F. M. Pertz|journal=[[Nature (journal)|Nature]]|date=8 April 1939|volume=143|issue=3623|pages=590–591|doi=10.1038/143590a0}}</ref>
Pertz subsequently undertook research into plant physiology, working under [[Francis Darwin]], a reader at the university.{{efn-ua|The son of Charles Darwin.<ref name=Oxford />}} From 1892 to 1912 they jointly published five papers;{{sfn|Creese|Creese|2000|page=61 Note 215}}<ref name="papers">{{cite web |url=http://www.oxfordjournals.org/our_journals/annbot/darwin.html |title=Free access to the following papers by the Darwins |journal=[[Annals of Botany]] |publisher=Oxford Journals |accessdate=20 December 2014}}</ref> during this period she also collaborated with [[William Bateson]], and she published a paper with him concerning inheritance in [[Veronica (plant)|''Veronica'']]. She also produced two papers independently.<ref name=Oxford /> In 1905 she was made a fellow of the [[Linnean Society of London|Linnean Society]], among the first women admitted as full members,<ref name=Women /> though she did not take part in the movement advocating for women to be fellows.<ref name=Oxford /> After Darwin's retirement, Pertz was encouraged by [[Frederick Blackman]] to undertake research on [[meristematic tissue]], but after a year observing germinating seeds her results were inconclusive.<ref name=Women /> She abandoned research, possibly over disappointment, though [[Agnes Arber]] claimed "she came to recognize that the plant physiology of the twentieth century was developing on lines widely divergent from those on which she had been educated and that it demanded a grasp of mathematics, physics, and chemistry, which she did not possess."<ref name=Nature>{{cite journal|last1=Arber|first1=Agnes|title=Miss Dorothea F. M. Pertz|journal=[[Nature (journal)|Nature]]|date=8 April 1939|volume=143|issue=3623|pages=590–591|doi=10.1038/143590a0}}</ref>

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Dorothea Frances Matilda "Dora" Pertz FLS (14 March 1859 – 6 March 1939) was a British botanist. She co-authored five papers with Francis Darwin, Charles Darwin's son. She was made a Fellow of the Linnean Society, among the first women admitted to full membership.

Biography

Dora Pertz was born in London on 14 March 1859 to Georg Heinrich Pertz and his second wife, Leonora Horner, daughter of Leonard Horner, who was a progressive intellectual and an adamant supporter of Darwinism, a fact he noted in his final address.[1] She grew up in a family where women were well-educated and intellectually active; one of her aunts was the botanist Katharine Murray Lyell, who was a biographer of Charles Lyell, her brother-in-law.[2][3][4] [5] Through family connections she met many prominent naturalists including Darwin.[2][3] Pertz spent most of her youth in Berlin, where her father was Royal Librarian, though they visited England each year. After her father's death in 1876, Pertz moved to Florence with her mother. Later she returned to England and in 1882 she was admitted to Newnham College, Cambridge. She spent a year in Italy before returning to Cambridge in 1884.[2] The next year she took part one of the Natural Sciences Tripos, with her subjects including botany, and gained second-class honours. Once women were allowed titular degrees, she would take her MA in 1932.[3]

Pertz subsequently undertook research into plant physiology, working under Francis Darwin, a reader at the university.Vorlage:Efn-ua From 1892 to 1912 they jointly published five papers;Vorlage:Sfn[6] during this period she also collaborated with William Bateson, and she published a paper with him concerning inheritance in Veronica. She also produced two papers independently.[2] In 1905 she was made a fellow of the Linnean Society, among the first women admitted as full members,[3] though she did not take part in the movement advocating for women to be fellows.[2] After Darwin's retirement, Pertz was encouraged by Frederick Blackman to undertake research on meristematic tissue, but after a year observing germinating seeds her results were inconclusive.[3] She abandoned research, possibly over disappointment, though Agnes Arber claimed "she came to recognize that the plant physiology of the twentieth century was developing on lines widely divergent from those on which she had been educated and that it demanded a grasp of mathematics, physics, and chemistry, which she did not possess."[1]

After Pertz had given up research, at Blackman's suggestion she worked on indexing German literature on plant physiology, including the journals Biochemische Zeitschrift and Zeitschrift für Physiologische Chemie. Despite the difficulty of the task, she completed the index up to the year 1935.[1] Between 1923 and 1936 she provided illustrations for her friend Edith Rebecca Saunders' series of papers on floral anatomy, and both the paper and illustrations were highly respected.[3]Vorlage:Sfn Pertz did much of her work unpaid out of passion for science,[3] and she never had a formal appointment at Newnham or the university. She also performed charity work, including working as a masseuse at a convalescent hospital in Cambridge during the First World War.[2]

After several years of illness Dora Pertz died in Cambridge on 6 March 1939. She was cremated and buried at Brookwood Cemetery.[2]

Published works

In chronological order:

  • Dorothea F. M. Pertz: On the disposal of the nutlets in certain labiates. 1. Jahrgang. London 1884, S. 8. reprinted from Dorothea F. M. Pertz: On the disposal of the nutlets in certain labiates. In: Natural science. 5. Jahrgang, Nr. 32. London Oktober 1894.[7]

And with Francis Darwin:

References

Notes

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Citations

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Sources

  • Mary R. S. Creese, Thomas M. Creese: Ladies in the Laboratory? American and British Women in Science, 1800-1900 A Survey of Their Contributions to Research. Scarecrow Press, Lanham, Md 2000, ISBN 978-0-585-27684-7, S. 61 (google.com).
  1. ↑ a b c Agnes Arber: Miss Dorothea F. M. Pertz. In: Nature. 143. Jahrgang, Nr. 3623, 8. April 1939, S. 590–591, doi:10.1038/143590a0.
  2. ↑ a b c d e f g Vorlage:Cite ODNB
  3. ↑ a b c d e f g The Biographical Dictionary of Women in Science: L–Z. Routledge, New York 2000, ISBN 978-0-415-92040-7, S. 1009 (google.com).
  4. ↑ Lyell K.M. (ed): Life, Letters, and Journals of Sir Charles Lyell. Band 1. John Murray, London 1881 (archive.org). at Internet Archive
  5. ↑ Lyell K.M. (ed): Life, Letters, and Journals of Sir Charles Lyell. Band 2. John Murray, London 1881 (archive.org). at Internet Archive
  6. ↑ a b c d Free access to the following papers by the Darwins. Oxford Journals, abgerufen am 20. Dezember 2014.
  7. ↑ United States Department of Agriculture Library: Issues. In: Bulletin. 38–44. Jahrgang, S. 133 (google.com).
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