From 1929 to 1951 Librarian and Assistant Secretary of the Linnean Society. Dates and information from Botanical Journal of the Linnean Society (1988), 96: 199-216, "James Edward Smith (1759-1828): first President of the Linnean Society and his herbarium" by William T. Stearn.
Daughter of Arthur Kensington, formerly fellow and tutor of Trinity College, Oxford. Married James Adam (1860-1907), had two sons and a daughter. Taught classics at Girton and Newnham Colleges and became a research fellow of Girton (1920-23).
Abbot of St Michael's Abbey, Farnborough
Born Frances Margaret Somerset, 1871 in Cambridgeshire. Died 12 Mar. 1947 in Chatham, Kent. Married to John Owen Farquhar Murray, Master of Selwyn College, Cambridge.
Son of Robert Ranulph Marett, considered a pioneer biological anthropologist, Lieutenant-Commander on board the HMS Glorious when sunk in June 1940.
Entered Trinity College, Cambridge as a Fellow Commoner in Feb. 1808, and matriculated Michaelmas 1808, receiving the B.A. in 1813.