Sheila Spenser Hooper

Sheila Spenser Hooper (1925 – 3 May 2022) was a British botanist and plant collector noted for traveling to gather plants from around the world, including India, Tanzania, and Kenya.[1] She was a specialist on Cyperaceae and a curator at Kew Gardens.[2] She described over fifty species.[3] The standard author abbreviation S. S. Hooper is used to indicate this person as the author when citing a botanical name.[4] Hooper later lived in Surbiton. She died on 3 May 2022.[5][6]

References

  1. ^ "Hooper, Sheila Spenser (1925-) on JSTOR". plants.jstor.org. Retrieved 8 March 2019.
  2. ^ Archives, The National. "Hooper, (b 1925) Sheila Spenser, curator at Kew Gardens, specialist on Cyperaceae". discovery.nationalarchives.gov.uk. Retrieved 8 March 2019.
  3. ^ "Tropicos | Person - Hooper, Sheila Spenser". www.tropicos.org. Retrieved 8 March 2019.
  4. ^ International Plant Names Index.  S. S. Hooper.
  5. ^ "Ralph Hooper obituary". The Times. 24 January 2023. Retrieved 22 October 2023.
  6. ^ "Sheila Spenser Hooper". The Gazette. Retrieved 22 October 2023.
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