What is Nancy Adams?
'''Jacqueline Nancy Mary Adams''' (Born: 19 May 1926; Died: 27 March 2007) was a [[New Zealand]] [[botanist]]. She studied [[zoology]] and botany at Wellington Girls’ College and [[Victoria University of Wellington]]. Her detailed and delicate [[algae]] [[illustration]]s got [[wikt|international]] attention.<ref>{{cite web|last=New Zealand Garden Journal|title=Obituary|url=http://www.rnzih.org.nz/RNZIH_Journal/Pages_25-26_from_2007_Vol10_No1.pdf|accessdate=16 April 2011|year=2007}}</ref> Her awards include the [[Loder Cup]] in 1964, the [[Queen's Service Order]] and the Commemoration Medal.<ref>{{cite book|last=Haines|first=Catharine|title=International women in science: a biographical dictionary to 1950|year=2001|publisher=ABC-CLIO|location=Santa Barbara, California|isbn=1-57607-090-5|pages=2|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=HftdjMNDvwIC&dq=madge+adam+oxford&pg=PA2}}</ref> ==Books== * ''Mountain Flowers in New Zealand'', 1980 * ''Wild Flowers in New Zealand'', 1980 * ''Seaweeds of New Zealand:An illustrated guide'', 1994 {{botanist|N.M.Adams|Adams}} ==References== {{Reflist}} {{DEFAULTSORT:Adams, Nancy}} [[Category:1926 births]] [[Category:2007 deaths]] [[Category:Botanists]] [[Category:New Zealand scientists]] {{bio-stub}}