1. Dame Helen Charlotte Isabella Gwynne-Vaughan, was a prominent English botanist and mycologist.
18 Facts About Helen Gwynne-Vaughan
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Helen Gwynne-Vaughan was the elder daughter of Army Captain the Honourable Arthur Hay David Fraser, and Lucy Jane, daughter of Major Robert Duncan Fergusson, of the Rifle Brigade and the Royal Ayrshire and Wigton Rifle militia.
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Helen Gwynne-Vaughan was awarded the Carter Medal in 1902, and graduated from the University of London with a Bachelor of Science degree in 1904.
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Helen Gwynne-Vaughan studied under Margaret Jane Benson, head of the Department of Botany at Royal Holloway College.
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Helen Gwynne-Vaughan was awarded a Doctor of Science degree in 1907.
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Helen Gwynne-Vaughan moved to Royal Holloway College in 1905 as a demonstrator to botanist Margaret Jane Benson.
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Helen Gwynne-Vaughan was Head of Department from 1921 to 1939 and again from 1941 to 1944.
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Helen Gwynne-Vaughan retired from full-time academia in 1944 and was appointed Professor Emeritus by the University of London.
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Helen Gwynne-Vaughan served reluctantly as Commandant of the Women's Royal Air Force from September 1918 until December 1919.
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Helen Gwynne-Vaughan was first made Chief Controller of the Auxiliary Territorial Service in 1939.
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Helen Gwynne-Vaughan stood in the 1922 London County Council election as a Municipal Reform Party councillor for Camberwell North; she was not elected.
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Helen Gwynne-Vaughan stood as the Unionist parliamentary candidate for Camberwell North in the 1922,1923, and 1924 General Elections.
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Helen Gwynne-Vaughan lost by 254 votes in 1922, by 4686 in 1923, and by 3736 in 1924.
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Helen Gwynne-Vaughan was active in Girl Guides and was honoured with the Silver Fish.
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Helen Gwynne-Vaughan's husband died from tuberculosis after four years of marriage, and they did not have any children.
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Helen Gwynne-Vaughan died at her home in Storrington, Sussex, in 1967, aged 88.
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Helen Gwynne-Vaughan was elected to the Linnean Society in 1905 and awarded its Trail Medal in 1920.
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Helen Gwynne-Vaughan was the president of the British Mycological Society in 1928.