Blank greetings card with envelope featuring:

Mary D. Glynne NPG x89419

© National Portrait Gallery, London

by Elliott & Fry

Glynne's discoveries on soil-borne, fungal diseases affecting crops has had a significant impact on agriculture. She attended Bangor School for Girls, co-founded by her mother and in 1917 graduated from the University College of North Wales in Botany. Glynne was offered the role of assistant botanist by Winifred Brenchley at the Rothamsted Experimental Station and founded its Plant Pathology Department. Her research on crop diseases and resistant varieties became particularly valuable during World War II. A fellowship in 1927 took her to Australia and... more

Card size: 125mm x 175mm

Images are printed in their original proportions, within a white border.