Lilian Gibbs Scientist

Lilian Suzette Gibbs (1870–1925) was a British botanist who worked for the British Museum in London. She was the first woman and the first botanist to ascend Mount Kinabalu in February 1910. Gibbs collected many plants new to science, several of which are named in her honour (e.g. Racemobambos gibbsiae or Miss. Gibb's Bamboo).

Personal facts

Birth dateSeptember 10, 1870
Birth place
London , United Kingdom
Nationality
United Kingdom
Date of deathJanuary 30, 1925
Place of death
Santa Cruz de Tenerife
Known for
Mount Kinabalu

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Scientist

Field of study
Botany

Lilian Gibbs on Wikipedia

External resources

  1. http://www.nhm.ac.uk/research-curation/departments/botany/news-events/newsletter/archive/issue3/fieldnotes/index.html