death_date birth_place nationality field birth_date article_title name alma_mater
27 march 2007 levin new zealand botany 19 may 1926 nancy adams
 jacqueline nancy mary adam victoria university of wellington
nancy adams

jacqueline nancy mary adams , cbe , qso -lrb- 19 may 1926 -- 27 march 2007 -rrb- was a new zealand botanist , botanical artist , and museum curator .
born in levin in 1926 , nancy adams attended wellington girls ' college and victoria university of wellington , studying zoology and botany .
at 16 she joined the botany division of new zealand 's department of scientific and industrial research -lrb- dsir -rrb- .
she worked there until 1959 , when she was appointed to the dominion museum -lrb- now the museum of new zealand te papa tongarewa -rrb- as assistant curator of botany with a special responsibility for algae .
she retired from her position at the museum in 1987 but continued to be an honorary research associate of the museum .
nancy adams was a prolific artist , illustrating nearly forty publications on native plants , alpine life , trees and shrubs .
included in these publications is an article written by ella orr campbell a fellow new zealand botanist , for whom adams drew `` thallus of marchasta bearing archegoniophres '' .
she received international recognition for her detailed and delicate algal illustrations .
awards included the loder cup in 1964 , the queen 's service order in 1989 , and the new zealand 1990 commemoration medal .
in 1994 she also received an award for her work `` seaweeds of new zealand : an illustrated guide '' , which held a description of 600 different plant species and illustrating 441 .
