Elsie Elizabeth Esterhuysen
 Elsie Elizabeth Esterhuysen | |
|---|---|
| Rayuwa | |
| Haihuwa | Cape Town, 11 ga Afirilu, 1912 |
| ƙasa | Afirka ta kudu |
| Harshen uwa | Turanci |
| Mutuwa | 31 Mayu 2006 |
| Karatu | |
| Makaranta |
University of Cape Town (en)  |
| Harsuna | Turanci |
| Malamai |
Louisa Bolus (en) Robert Stephen Adamson (en) Robert Harold Compton (en) |
| Sana'a | |
| Sana'a |
botanist (en) da botanical collector (en) |
Elsie Elizabeth Esterhuysen (11 ga watan Afrilu 1912 - 1 ga watan Janairu 2006) masaniya ce a fannin ilimin tsire-tsire ne na Afirka ta Kudu. An bayyana ta a matsayin "mafi kyawun mai tarawa na tsire-tsire na Afirka ta Kudu", wacce ta tara samfurori 36,000 na herbarium.[1]
Rayuwar farko da ilimi[gyara sashe | gyara masomin]
An haifi Elsie Elizabeth Esterhuysen a Observatory, Cape Town, 'ya ce ga Johannes Petrus le Roux Esterhuysen da Florence Ethel Larkin. Mahaifinta da yayanta lauyoyi ne. Ta halarci makarantar sakandare ta 'yan mata ta Wynberg da Jami'ar Cape Town. Ta sami digirin digirgir a fannin ilmin tsirrai a cikin shekarar 1933, kuma ta kara yin aikin fage akan tallafin karatu a Kirstenbosch.[2]
Sana'a[gyara sashe | gyara masomin]
A cikin shekarar 1936 ta fara aiki a matsayin mataimakiyar Maria Wilman a gidan kayan tarihi na McGregor a Kimberley. Ta yi aiki a Bolus Herbarium, mafi tsufa na herbarium na Afirka ta Kudu wanda aka kafa a shekarar 1856, ya fara a shekarar 1938. Aikinta ba na yau da kullun ba ne har zuwa shekara ta 1956, lokacin da aka ƙirƙiro mata muƙami na dindindin ta Jami'ar Cape Town. Ta mayar da hankali kan tattara abubuwa daga wurare masu tsayi na Cape saboda ita ma ta kasance mai iya hawan dutse.[2] An kiyasta cewa ta gano kusan 120 taxa kuma akwai kusan nau'ikan 34 da kuma 2 Genera mai suna bayan ta. Ciki har da a cikin shekarar 1967, Louisa Bolus (wani masanin ilimin botanist ne na Afirka ta Kudu) mai sunan wani nau'in shuka (a cikin dangin Aizoaceae) daga Lardunan Cape, Esterhuysenia.[3]
A cikin shekarar 1984, ta gano kuma ta tattara samfurin Protea nubigena, Protea Cloud Protea wanda ba kasafai ake samu ba a cikin wani wuri mai tsayi ɗaya kacal.[4]
Jami'ar Cape Town ta ba ta lambar girmamawa ta Masters na Kimiyya a cikin shekarar 1989.[5] Yawancin ɗaliban UCT sun ji daɗin taimakonta da tallafinta a cikin herbarium.[2]
Rayuwa ta sirri[gyara sashe | gyara masomin]
Elsie Elizabeth Esterhuysen tana amfani da keke a kowace rana zuwa da kuma daga ofishinta. Ta kasance mai horar da pianist kuma mai zane-zane a fannin tsirrai mai yawa. Ta mutu a shekara ta 2006, tana da shekaru 93.[2]
Ayyukan da aka buga[gyara sashe | gyara masomin]
- Esterhuysen, Elsie Elizabeth (1936). "Regeneration after clearing at Kirstenbosch". Journal of South African Botany. 2: 177–185.[2]
Manazarta[gyara sashe | gyara masomin]
- ↑ Umberto Quattrocchi (17 November 1999). CRC World Dictionary of Plant Names. University of Palermo, Italy: CRC Press.
- ↑ 2.0 2.1 2.2 2.3 2.4 Oliver, E.G.H.; Rourke, J.P.; Linder, H.P. (2007), "Obituary: Elsie Elizabeth Esterhuysen (1912-2006)", Bothalia, Pretoria, 37: 119–128, doi:10.4102/abc.v37i1.309
- ↑ "Esterhuysenia L.Bolus | Plants of the World Online | Kew Science". Plants of the World Online (in Turanci). Retrieved 15 May 2021.
- ↑ Sycholt, August (2002). A Guide to the Drakensberg. Struik. pp. 50–. ISBN 978-1-86872-593-9.[permanent dead link]
- ↑ "Honorary degrees awarded". UCT. Archived from the original on 2017-02-02. Retrieved 2016-11-08.