Blank greetings card with envelope featuring:

Sheina Macalister Marshall NPG x171906

© National Portrait Gallery, London

by Bassano Ltd

Suffering from rheumatic fever and often confined to bed as a child, Marshall's father encouraged her to read books on zoology and geology. After graduating in botany and zoology, she remained at Glasgow University on the Carnegie fellowship. Encouraged by John Kerr to join the marine station on the Isle of Cumbrae, Marshall joined the laboratory in 1922 and remained there till retirement. She studied marine food chains to better understand animal and plant plankton, specifically the crustacean Calanus. During World War II, she... more

Card size: 125mm x 175mm

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