| Authorised form of name | Rees; Florence Gwendolen (1906 - 1994); parasitologist |
| Dates | 1906 - 1994 |
| Nationality | British |
| Place of birth | Abercynon, Glamorgan, Wales |
| Date of birth | 03/07/1906 |
| Place of death | Bronglais Hospital, Aberystwyth, Ceredigion, Wales |
| Date of death | 04/10/1994 |
| Occupation | Parasitologist |
| Research field | Zoology |
| Helminthology |
| Parasitology |
| Activity | Education:
Intermediate School (now Aberdare Girls' Grammar School) (1918-1924); University College of Wales, Cardiff. BSc (1927, Zoology), Postgraduate teacher training, PhD (1930), DSc (1942, University of Wales)
Career:
Postgraduate work in parasitology; Assistant Lecturer in Zoology, University College of Wales, Aberystwyth (1930-1973); Air Raid Warden, and teacher of First Aid (World War II); Lecturer (1937); Senior Lecturer (1947); received a grant from the Royal Society to purchase equipment (1948); Acting Head of Department (1948, 1969 and 1970); member of the Editorial Board of 'Parasitology' (1960-1970) and Chairman of the Board (1970-1981); Visiting scientist, University of Ghana (Accra) (1961); used part of a Shell Grants Committee grant to fund two months work at the Marine Biological Station, St George's West, Bermuda (1963); Reader in Zoology (1966); Professor (1971); Chairman, School of Biological Studies (1972); retired (1973) but contined research as Professor Emeritus, School of Biological Sciences; appeared in an article on influencial British women in 'Vogue' (1975); Fellow, University of Wales, Cardiff (1981).
Memberships:
British Society for Parasitology (Founder Member, Honorary Member, President 1974-1976)
Hon Fellow American Society of Parasitologists (1976)
Fellow of the Institute of Biology (1971)
Awards/Medals:
Linnean medal 1990 |
| Membership category | Fellow |
| Date of election | 18/03/1971 |
| Age at election | 64 |
| Proposer | Francis Charles Fraser |
| Edward Hindle |
| Sidnie Milana Manton |
| George Salt |
| Robert Thomson Leiper |
| Ann Bishop |
| Relationships | Parents: Ebenezer Rees, policeman, and Elizabeth Agnes Jones. |
| OtherInfo | Distinguished for her work on Helminthology, having made important contributions to knowledge of the life-cycles, histology, biology, and systematics of cestode and trematode worms.
The first Welsh woman to become a Fellow of the Royal Society. |
| Royal Society Obituary or Memoir | Click to view (may be contained within a meeting notice, presidential address or list of death notices) |
| Source | Obituaries:
Biographical Memoirs of Fellows of the Royal Society 1997 vol 43 pp 443-459, plate, by J Gareth Morris |
| Code | NA3016 |
Archives associated with this Fellow
| RefNo | Title | Date |
| EC/1971/24 | Rees, Florence Gwendolen: certificate of election to the Royal Society | |
| IM/GA/GRS/5789 | Rees, Florence Gwendolen | nd |