Elsie M. Burrows
Elsie M. Burrows | |
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| Born | Elsie May Pearson 14 September 1913 |
| Died | 26 August 1986 (aged 72) |
| Other names | Bunny |
| Education | doctorate |
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| Occupation | Botanist, phycologist, university teacher, science writer |
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Elsie May Burrows (née Pearson; 14 September 1913 – 26 August 1986) was an English botanist who made significant contributions to British postwar phycology. Her primary area of research was macroalgal ecology, focusing particularly on Fucus, a genus of brown algae, and Chlorophyta, a division of the green algae.