Inez Clare Verdoorn

South African botanist (1896-1989)
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Summary

Inez Clare Verdoorn was born on June 15, 1896[1], in Pretoria[2]. She died on January 1, 1989[3], in Pretoria[4]. She worked as a botanist[5], botanical collector[6], curator[7], and scientific collector[8]. She has Wikipedia articles in 5 language editions, a strong signal of global cultural recognition.[9]

Key Facts

  • Date of birth: 1896[10]
  • Date of death: April 2, 1989[11], 1989[12]
  • Country of citizenship: South Africa[13]
  • Native language: English[14]
  • Field of work: botany[15]
  • Employer: Royal Botanic Gardens, Kew[16], National Herbarium[17]
  • Educated at: Loreto Convent School[18], Pretoria High School for Girls[19]
  • Member of: Southern Africa Association for the Advancement of Science[20]
  • Sex or gender: female[21]
  • Family name: Verdoorn[22]
  • Given name: Inez[23], Clare[24]
  • Relative: Eugène Marais[25]
  • Languages spoken, written or signed: English[26]
  • Significant person: Sydney Margaret Stent[27], Illtyd Buller Pole-Evans[28], Leslie Edward Wostall Codd[29], Robert Allen Dyer[30], Anna Amelia Obermeyer[31]
  • Collection items at: National Herbarium[32], Herbarium, Royal Botanic Gardens Kew[33], Zürich Herbaria[34], Botanic Garden and Botanical Museum Berlin[35], National Herbarium of Victoria[36], Muséum national d'histoire naturelle[37], Herbarium, Missouri Botanical Garden[38], Harvard University Herbaria[39], Natural History Museum[40], National Museum of Natural History[41]

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Works and Contributions

Things named for Inez Clare Verdoorn include Inezia[42], a taxon[43].

Why It Matters

Inez Clare Verdoorn is known by 11 alternative names across languages and contexts.[44]

Entities named for her include Inezia[42], a taxon[43].

FAQs

Where was Inez Clare Verdoorn born?

Inez Clare Verdoorn's place of birth was Pretoria[2].

Where did Inez Clare Verdoorn die?

Inez Clare Verdoorn passed away in Pretoria[4].

What did Inez Clare Verdoorn do for work?

Inez Clare Verdoorn worked as a botanist[5], botanical collector[6], curator[7], and scientific collector[8].

Where did Inez Clare Verdoorn go to school?

Inez Clare Verdoorn was educated at Loreto Convent School[18] and Pretoria High School for Girls[19].

References

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Direct Wikidata claims

  1. [2] ↑ . Biographical Database of Southern African Science. Retrieved . wikidata.org.
  2. [4] ↑ . Biographical Database of Southern African Science. Retrieved . wikidata.org.
  3. [21] ↑ . Integrated Authority File. Retrieved . wikidata.org.
  4. [13] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  5. [18] ↑ . Biographical Database of Southern African Science. Retrieved . wikidata.org.
  6. [19] ↑ . Biographical Database of Southern African Science. Retrieved . wikidata.org.
  7. [15] ↑ . Biographical Database of Southern African Science. Retrieved . wikidata.org.
  8. [14] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  9. [5] ↑ . Biographical Database of Southern African Science. Retrieved . wikidata.org.
  10. [6] ↑ . A LIST OF BOTANICAL COLLECTORS IN THE FLORA ZAMBESIACA AREA. Retrieved . plants.jstor.org. Provenance: wikidata.org.
  11. [7] ↑ . Biographical Database of Southern African Science. Retrieved . wikidata.org.
  12. [8] ↑ . Bionomia. wikidata.org.
  13. [16] ↑ . Biographical Database of Southern African Science. Retrieved . wikidata.org.
  14. [17] ↑ . Biographical Database of Southern African Science. Retrieved . wikidata.org.
  15. [20] ↑ . Biographical Database of Southern African Science. Retrieved . wikidata.org.
  16. [1] ↑ . Biographical Database of Southern African Science. Retrieved . wikidata.org.
  17. [10] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  18. [3] ↑ . author citation in botany and mycology. Retrieved . wikidata.org.
  19. [11] ↑ . Biographical Database of Southern African Science. Retrieved . wikidata.org.
  20. [12] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  21. [22] ↑ . plants.jstor.org. Retrieved . plants.jstor.org. Provenance: wikidata.org.
  22. [23] ↑ . plants.jstor.org. Retrieved . plants.jstor.org. Provenance: wikidata.org.
  23. [24] ↑ . plants.jstor.org. Retrieved . plants.jstor.org. Provenance: wikidata.org.
  24. [25] ↑ . plants.jstor.org. Retrieved . plants.jstor.org. Provenance: wikidata.org.
  25. [26] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  26. [27] ↑ . Biographical Database of Southern African Science. Retrieved . bionomia.net. Provenance: wikidata.org.
  27. [28] ↑ . Biographical Database of Southern African Science. Retrieved . wikidata.org.
  28. [29] ↑ . bionomia.net. Retrieved . bionomia.net. Provenance: wikidata.org.
  29. [30] ↑ . plants.jstor.org. Retrieved . plants.jstor.org. Provenance: wikidata.org.
  30. [31] ↑ . bionomia.net. Retrieved . bionomia.net. Provenance: wikidata.org.
  31. [32] ↑ . Biographical Database of Southern African Science. Retrieved . wikidata.org.
  32. [33] ↑ . Bionomia. Retrieved . bionomia.net. Provenance: wikidata.org.
  33. [34] ↑ . Bionomia. Retrieved . bionomia.net. Provenance: wikidata.org.
  34. [35] ↑ . Bionomia. Retrieved . bionomia.net. Provenance: wikidata.org.
  35. [36] ↑ . Bionomia. Retrieved . bionomia.net. Provenance: wikidata.org.
  36. [37] ↑ . Bionomia. Retrieved . bionomia.net. Provenance: wikidata.org.
  37. [38] ↑ . Bionomia. Retrieved . bionomia.net. Provenance: wikidata.org.
  38. [39] ↑ . Bionomia. bionomia.net. Provenance: wikidata.org.
  39. [40] ↑ . Bionomia. bionomia.net. Provenance: wikidata.org.
  40. [41] ↑ . Bionomia. bionomia.net. Provenance: wikidata.org.

Inverse relationships (entities pointing at this one)

  1. [42] ↑ . wikidata.org. → on this site

Inline context (facts about related entities)

  1. [43] ↑ . Wikidata. wikidata.org. → on this site

Aggregate / graph-position facts

  1. [9] ↑ . Wikidata sitelinks. wikidata.org.
  2. [44] ↑ . Wikidata aliases. wikidata.org.

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  1. 7d ago · SAplants · 2026-10-06 view diff on Wikidata ↗
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    Educated at → Loreto Convent School, Pretoria High School for Girls
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