| Authorised form of name | Parke; Mary (1908 - 1989) |
| Other forms of name | Mary Winifred |
| Dates | 1908 - 1989 |
| Nationality | British |
| Place of birth | Bootle, Liverpool, England |
| Date of birth | 23/03/1908 |
| Date of death | 17/07/1989 |
| Research field | Phycology |
| Activity | Education:
Notre Dame Convent, Everton Valley, Liverpool; Liverpool University. BSc (1929, Botany), PhD (1929), DSc (1950)
Career:
Postgraduate work, Liverpool University (for 1 year); Algologist (later known as phycologist), University Marine Station, Port Erin, Isle of Man (1930) studying oysters; Plymouth Laboratory, Marine Biological Association (1941) to assess Britain's seaweed resources; Botanist, Marine Biological Association (1947); collaborated with Irene Manton (FRS 1961) over the use of the electron microscope; helped establish the Culture Collection of Algae and Protozoa, housed at Cambridge; her own collection is known as the Plymouth Culture Collection and is managed by the Plymouth Marine Laboratory; editor, British Phycological Journal; Mary Parke Bursary was set up in her memory by the Marine Biological Association and the British Phycological Society; retired (1973)
Memberships:
British Phycological Society (Founder Member 1951, President 1959-1960); Royal Botanical Society of The Netherlands (Corresponding Member 1980); Norwegian Academy of Sciences and Letters (1971) |
| Membership category | Fellow |
| Date of election | 16/03/1972 |
| Age at election | 63 |
| Relationships | Daughter of William Aloysius Parke, partner in barge-owning company, and his wife Mary Magdalene Parke; unmarried |
| Source | Authority:
Altname from BM
Obituaries:
Biographical Memoirs of Fellows of the Royal Society 1991 vol 37 pp 381-397, plate, by G T Boalch and G E Fogg |
| Code | NA6582 |
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