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Frances Margaret Leighton

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Frances Margaret Leighton (8 March 1909 King William's Town – 8 January 2006 Blairgowrie, Victoria) was a South African botanist and the daughter of James Leighton (1855–1930), a Scotsman and Kew horticulturist and plant collector. [1]

24 relations: Agapanthus, Apartheid, Black Sash, Blairgowrie, Victoria, Bolus Herbarium, Glynn Isaac, Kincardine O'Neil, King William's Town, Kirstenbosch National Botanical Garden, Monocotyledon, Mornington Peninsula, Nairobi, Ornithogalum, Port Phillip, Pulitzer Prize for History, Rhodes University, Rhys Isaac, Rosebud, Victoria, Royal Botanic Gardens, Kew, Royal Horticultural Society, Southern Africa Association for the Advancement of Science, University of Cape Town, University of Nairobi, University of the Third Age.

Agapanthus

Agapanthus is the only genus in the subfamily Agapanthoideae of the flowering plant family Amaryllidaceae.

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Apartheid

Apartheid started in 1948 in theUnion of South Africa |year_start.

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Black Sash

The Black Sash was a non-violent white women's resistance organization that was founded on 19 May 1955 in South Africa by Jean Sinclair, Ruth Foley, Elizabeth McLaren, Tertia Pybus, Jean Bosazza, and Helen Newton-Thompson.

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Blairgowrie, Victoria

Blairgowrie is a seaside village approximately 87 km from Melbourne, Victoria, Australia.

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Bolus Herbarium

The Bolus Herbarium was established in 1865 from a donation by Harry Bolus of his extensive herbarium and library to the South African College, which later became the University of Cape Town.

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Glynn Isaac

Glynn Llywelyn Isaac (19 November 1937 – 5 October 1985) was a South African archaeologist who specialised in the very early prehistory of Africa, and was one of twin sons born to botanists William Edwyn Isaac and Frances Margaret Leighton.

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Kincardine O'Neil

Kincardine O'Neil (Cinn Chàrdainn) is one of the oldest villages in Deeside, in the northeast of Scotland.

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King William's Town

King William's Town is a town in the Eastern Cape province of South Africa along the banks of the Buffalo River.

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Kirstenbosch National Botanical Garden

Kirstenbosch is an important botanical garden nestled at the eastern foot of Table Mountain in Cape Town.

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Monocotyledon

Monocotyledons, commonly referred to as monocots, (Lilianae sensu Chase & Reveal) are flowering plants (angiosperms) whose seeds typically contain only one embryonic leaf, or cotyledon.

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Mornington Peninsula

The Mornington Peninsula is a peninsula located south-east of Melbourne, Victoria, Australia.

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Nairobi

Nairobi is the capital and the largest city of Kenya.

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Ornithogalum

Ornithogalum is a genus of perennial plants mostly native to southern Europe and southern Africa belonging to the family Asparagaceae.

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Port Phillip

Port Phillip (also commonly referred to as Port Phillip Bay or (locally) just The Bay), is a large bay in southern Victoria, Australia; it is the location of Melbourne.

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Pulitzer Prize for History

The Pulitzer Prize for History, administered by Columbia University, is one of the seven American Pulitzer Prizes that are annually awarded for Letters, Drama, and Music.

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Rhodes University

Rhodes University is a public research university located in Grahamstown in the Eastern Cape Province of South Africa.

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Rhys Isaac

Rhys Llywelyn Isaac (20 November 1937 in Cape Town, South Africa – 6 October 2010 in Blairgowrie, Victoria, Australia) was a South African-born Australian historian of American history who also worked in the United States.

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Rosebud, Victoria

Rosebud is a seaside town on the Mornington Peninsula, Victoria, Australia approximately 75 km southeast of the Melbourne City Centre.

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Royal Botanic Gardens, Kew

Royal Botanic Gardens, Kew (brand name Kew) is a non-departmental public body in the United Kingdom sponsored by the Department for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs.

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Royal Horticultural Society

The Royal Horticultural Society (RHS), founded in 1804 as the Horticultural Society of London, is the UK's leading gardening charity.

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Southern Africa Association for the Advancement of Science

The Southern Africa Association for the Advancement of Science (S2A3 or S2A3) is a learned society, originally known as the South African Association for the Advancement of Science (SAAAS).

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University of Cape Town

The University of Cape Town (UCT) is a public research university located in Cape Town in the Western Cape province of South Africa.

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University of Nairobi

The University of Nairobi (UoN) is a collegiate research university based in Nairobi.

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University of the Third Age

The University of the Third Age is an international movement whose aims are the education and stimulation of mainly retired members of the community—those in their third 'age' of life.

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References

[1] https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Frances_Margaret_Leighton

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