Thomas studied at University College London, largely as a research apprentice to Ethel Sargant, receiving her BSc in 1905.
17 Facts About Ethel Thomas
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Ethel Thomas joined Bedford College and soon became head of the newly formed botany department.
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Ethel Nancy Miles Thomas was born on 4 October 1876 in Islington, London.
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Ethel Thomas's parents were David Miles Thomas, a tutor, and his wife Mary.
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Ethel Thomas published her first papers on botany in 1900, before she completed her undergraduate studies and received her BSc from University College in 1905.
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In 1907, Ethel Thomas joined Bedford College as an assistant lecturer and when the college created a botany department in 1908, Ethel Thomas was appointed its head.
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When Bedford College moved to Regent's Park in 1913, Ethel Thomas designed the botany garden and started plans for a plant physiology laboratory.
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Ethel Thomas received her DSc from University College London in 1915, where she was recognised with a fellowship.
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Ethel Thomas became an inspector for the Women's Land Army for the remainder of World War I, whilst researching for the War Office and Medical Research Council.
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In 1923, Ethel Thomas joined the newly established University College, Leicester, building the biology program from scratch.
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Ethel Thomas set up a botany laboratory, the first laboratory at the University.
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Ethel Thomas remained as head of the biology department at University College Leicester until she retired in 1937.
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In 1933, Ethel Thomas married a barrister, Hugh Hyndman, but was left widowed the following year.
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Ethel Thomas was a life member of the British Association and served as vice-president of its botany arm, 'Section K'.
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Ethel Thomas suffered heart failure and died on 28 August 1944.
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Ethel Thomas is noted for investigations on flowering plants and was the first person in Britain to publish information about their double fertilisation.
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Ethel Thomas worked extensively on her theory about double leaf-trace by studying both flowering and non-flowering seed producing plants.