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Grace Waterhouse was born on 23 July, 1906 in Southwest London, is a British mycologist. Discover Grace Waterhouse's Biography, Age, Height, Physical Stats, Dating/Affairs, Family and career updates. Learn How rich is she in this year and how she spends money? Also learn how she earned most of networth at the age of 89 years old?

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Occupation Mycologist
Age 89 years old
Zodiac Sign Cancer
Born 23 July, 1906
Birthday 23 July
Birthplace Southwest London
Date of death 9 May, 1996
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1889

Waterhouse was a student and collaborator of mycologist Elizabeth Blackwell (1889-1973); through her she became interested in the Phytophthora.

1906

Grace Marion Waterhouse (1906-1996) was a British mycologist who worked for the International Mycological Institute in Kew for 20 years.

She was an expert on the identification and taxonomy of Phytophthora plant pathogens.

She gathered a large collection of Phytophthora cultures, and published two seminal works on the genus: a key to the species and a compilation of species descriptions.

Grace Waterhouse was born in South West London in 1906 to Bertram and Jane Waterhouse and was the youngest of three children.

She had two brothers.

1924

She attended the Royal Holloway, University of London from 1924 to 1927 where she studied botany.

After graduation, she worked in the Botany Department of Royal Holloway College for 12 years.

1937

From 1937 to 1941, she studied zoology at Birkbeck College.

1939

In 1939, Waterhouse was awarded a Master's degree for her work on them.

1942

Waterhouse started her career as a teacher at Eastbourne in 1942.

She later took a teaching position at Lincoln Training College.

1945

In 1945, she returned to Royal Holloway College to continue to work on Phytophthora.

1946

In 1946, Waterhouse joined the International Mycological Institute where she worked until her retirement.

While at the International Mycological Institute, Waterhouse replaced Geoffrey Clough Ainsworth as the assistant editor of the Review of Applied Mycology, a journal dedicated to abstracting world literature on plant diseases.

She was also given the responsibility of identifying samples of plant pathogens belonging to the phycomycetes, which included Phytophthora.

One of the challenges she faced was a lack of keys that would allow for reliable identification of the species in these groups.

She therefore wrote and published seminal keys to the genera Phythophthora, Sclerospora, Pythium, and Entomophthora.

In addition to working at the International Mycological Institute, Waterhouse was a member of the British Mycological Society, the Lincolnshire Naturalists' Union, and the Mycological Society of America.

1956

She served as the president of the Lincolnshire Naturalist's Union in 1956.

Waterhouse enjoyed field hockey, tennis, and skiing.

She was on the tennis team in college and started skiing in her 50s.

She enjoyed music and sang in several choirs and frequently visited Glyndebourne.

She also enjoyed folk dancing, beekeeping, and detective novels.

She was a dedicated Christian.

1959

She was the editor of the journal Transactions of the British Mycological Society from 1959 to 1965 and served as the president of the British Mycological Society in 1961.

1983

In 1983, the University of London awarded her a doctorate in science.

1996

Waterhouse died from a stroke in 1996.

Her keys, collections, and cultures are still in use by researchers around the world.