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Maisie Carr (''née'' Fawcett; 1912–1988) was an innovative Australian ecologist and botanist who contributed much to our understanding of the uniqueness of Australian plants and their environmental systems. ==Foundation years == Maisie Carr was born Stella Grace Maisie Fawcett in Footscray, Melbourne. Neither of her parents had a science background but her love of plants likely was fostered by visits to nearby salt-marshes, her grandmother's garden and in nature study classes. Maisie (as she was always known) attended Footscray's Hyde Street State School where she was first in her class and Dux in 1924 and then attended Melbourne High School. Her diligence was evident at an early age; in 1920 she won £2 in a competition for finding the largest number (87) of Australian postal towns within the letters of ''AUSTRALBA TOOTH PASTE'' (the sponsor of the competition). After graduation she returned to her old primary school as a junior teacher while at night studying zoology and geology at Austral Coaching College. Maisie attended University of Melbourne (on a Teachers' College secondary studentship) being awarded B.Sc.,1935 and M.Sc. in Botany, 1936.〔 Maisie's academic abilities won her a number of scholarships. In March 1935, she was awarded the Howitt natural history scholarship, established from a bequest of entomologist Godfrey Howitt.〔(【引用サイトリンク】url=http://www.unimelb.edu.au/unisec/utr/pdf/utr6006.pdf )〕 In December 1936, Maisie was awarded the Wyselaskie Scholarship, established by John Dickson Wyselaskie in 1883.〔(【引用サイトリンク】url=http://www.unimelb.edu.au/unisec/utr/pdf/utr6007.pdf )〕 In April 1937, Maisie was awarded the Caroline Kay scholarship in Botany; the scholarship was established by the Reverend David Kay in memory of his daughter Caroline.〔(【引用サイトリンク】url=http://www.unimelb.edu.au/unisec/utr/pdf/utr6020.pdf )〕 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「Maisie Carr」の詳細全文を読む スポンサード リンク
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