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Libby Houston
Libby Houston (born 9 December 1941) is an English poet, botanist, and rock climber. The native of North London has published several collections of poetry. Houston, a research associate at the School of Biological Sciences at the University of Bristol, has discovered several new species of whitebeam (''Sorbus''), one of which has been given her name. In addition to membership in several organisations related to botany, Houston is a participant in the Avon Gorge & Downs Wildlife Project. She was the recipient of the H. H. Bloomer medal in 2012. The award from the Linnean Society of London acknowledged her contribution to natural history, in particular, the body of knowledge of whitebeams in Britain, and the flora of Avon Gorge in Bristol, England.
==Early life==
Libby Houston was born Elizabeth Maynard Houston on 9 December 1941 in North London, England and was raised in the West Country. She was educated at Lady Margaret Hall of the University of Oxford. In 1966, she married illustrator and musician Malcolm Dean (1941–1974) in Somerset.〔〔 Houston published her first collection of poetry, ''A Stained Glass Raree Show'', in 1967, followed by ''Plain Clothes'' in 1971, ''At the Mercy'' in 1980, ''Necessity'' in 1988, ''A Little Treachery'' in 1990, and ''All Change'' in 1993.〔〔 The poet has appeared on BBC radio broadcasts for children since the early 1970s.〔〔 She was widowed in 1974〔 and married Roderick Jewell in 1979,〔 moving that year to Bristol. Houston received a certificate in Science Biology from the University of Bristol.〔
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