| Authorised form of name | Tutin; Winifred Anne (1915 - 2007); botanist and palaeolimnologist |
| Other forms of surname | Pennington |
| Dates | 1915 - 2007 |
| Nationality | British |
| Place of birth | 73 Ramsden Street, Barrow-in-Furness, Cumbria, England |
| Date of birth | 08 October 1915 |
| Place of death | Basingstoke, Hampshire, England |
| Date of death | 01 May 2007 |
| Occupation | botanist and palaeolimnologist |
| Research field | Ecology |
| Algae |
| Limnology |
| Palaeolimnology |
| Botany |
| Activity | Education:
Barrow-in-Furness grammar school; University of Reading (Bsc 1938); (PhD 1941)
Career:
Field assistant at the Wray Castle laboratory of the Freshwater Biological Association (FBA), Windermere (1936-1941); worked for the naval intelligence division of the Admiralty, in the botany school, Cambridge (1942-1944); continued studies at University College, Leicester (1944-47); brielfy retired following the birth of her child (1947); demonstrator and special lecturer in the botany department at University College, Leicester (1948); followed by becoming honorary reader (1971–9); and honorary professor (1980–2007); became a pricipal scientific officer member of the Freshwater Biological Association and worked with a multidisciplinary group on lake sediments and their chemistry and biology (1967). |
| Membership category | Fellow |
| Date of election | 15/03/1979 |
| Age at election | 63 |
| Relationships | Parents: Albert Roger Pennington, Post Office supervisor, and Margaret, née Elliott.
Spouse: (25 February 1942 )Thomas Gaskell Tutin FRS 1982.
Children: Three daughters and one son. |
| PublishedWorks | RCN 20059
RCN 20876
RCN 20057 |
| OtherInfo | Distinguished for her contributions on the history of lake ecosystems and vegetation in northern Britain. Her early researches were on the sedimentation and ecological history of Windermere since the end of the last glaciation. She demonstrated a late-glacial oscillation in northern Britain for the first time and she was able to demonstrate the associated sedimentary and vegetational events.
Examined in detail the vegetational history of the Lake District.
Developed pioneering palaeolimnological studies of Lake District lakes, and demonstrated how chemical studies of lake sediments revealed much about the vegetation and soil history of catchments. She later extended this field of study to lakes in northern Scotland.
Also worked on pollen frequency methods, palaeomagnetic dating methods and tracer element studies to palaeolimnological problems. |
| Source | DNB |
| Code | NA3989 |
Archives associated with this Fellow
| RefNo | Title | Date |
| EC/1979/36 | Tutin, Winifred Anne: certificate of election to the Royal Society | 1975 |
| IM/GA/JGRS/8203 | Tutin, Winifred Anne | 1980 |
| MDA/C/6/6 | Papers relating to an award from the Darwin Research Fund to Felix Eugen Fritsch | 1944-1945 |
| AP/83/16/1 | Supporting manuscript, regarding 'Lake sediments in northern Scotland' by Winifred Pennington [Tutin], E Y Haworth, A P Bonny and J P Lishman | [1972] |
| AP/83/16 | Supporting data, regarding 'Lake sediments in northern Scotland' by Winifred Pennington [Tutin], E Y Haworth, A P Bonny and J P Lishman | [1972] |