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Edith Rebecca Saunders (1865–1945) was a British geneticist and plant anatomist. She had an active role in the re-discovery of Mendel's laws of heredity, being the first collaborator of the geneticist William Bateson. She also developed extensive work on plant anatomy, particularly focusing on the gynoecia, the female reproductive organs of flowers. ==Biography== Saunders was born in Brighton in 1865. She was educated first at Handsworth Ladies' College and in 1884 she entered the female-only Newnham College, Cambridge.〔Edith Rebecca Saunders entry on Encyclopædia Britannica: http://www.britannica.com/EBchecked/topic/1758746/Edith-Rebecca-Saunders〕 There, she attended both Part I (in 1887) and II (in 1888) of the Natural Sciences Tripos. She continued her post-graduate research, and served as a demonstrator at the Balfour Biological Laboratory for Women (where students from Newnham and Girton colleges received preparation for the Natural Sciences Tripos). In 1889 she became the director of the Laboratory. She was later director of studies at Girton College (1904–1914) and Newnham College (1918–1925). She was appointed a fellow of the Royal Horticulture Society from which she received the Banksian Medal in 1906. In 1905 she was one of the first women elected a fellow of the Linnean Society of London. In 1920 she was the president of the botanical section of the British Association for the Advancement of Science. She also served as president of the Genetical Society, between 1936 and 1938.〔List of presidents of the Genetics Society: http://www.genetics.org.uk/About/PastPresidentsoftheSociety.aspx〕 During World War II she served as a volunteer helping the Allied forces. She died soon after returning to Britain, in 1945, after suffering injuries in a bicycle accident. 抄文引用元・出典: フリー百科事典『 ウィキペディア（Wikipedia）』 ■ウィキペディアで「Edith Rebecca Saunders」の詳細全文を読む スポンサード リンク
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