| Authorised form of name | Parke; Mary (1908 - 1989); marine botanist |
| Other forms of name | Mary Winifred |
| Dates | 1908 - 1989 |
| Nationality | British |
| Place of birth | Bootle, Liverpool, England |
| Date of birth | 23 March 1908 |
| Place of death | At her home, 6 Alfred Street, The Hoe, Plymouth, England |
| Date of death | 17 July 1989 |
| Occupation | Marine botanist |
| Research field | Marine biology |
| Marine botany |
| 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 but continued working in the laboratory at Plymouth (1973); died from septicaemia, cremated with her ashes scattered at sea.
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 | Parents: William Aloysius Parke, partner in barge-owning company, and his wife Mary Magdalene Parke |
| OtherInfo | Discovered that the flagellate Isochrysis galbana was ideal for feeding oyster larvae |
| Royal Society Obituary or Memoir | Click to view (may be contained within a meeting notice, presidential address or list of death notices) |
| Source | Authority:
DNB
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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