Yolande Heslop-Harrison

Yolande Heslop-Harrison
Born	Yolande Massey

Yolande Heslop-Harrison is a British botanist known for her work on carnivorous plants. She shared the 1982 Darwin Medal with her husband Jack Heslop-Harrison.

Early life and education

She attended Central Newcastle High School for Girls.[1] She did her undergraduate studies University of Durham and graduated with high honors in 1941. She earned her Ph.D. at King's College, Cambridge.[2] From 1971 until 1976 she was an honorary research fellow at Kew Gardens.[2]

Research

Heslop-Harrison is known for her work on plant physiology, especially insect-eating plants. She used electron microscopy to examine the structural forms of carnivorous plants and tracked radioactive material to track the movements of proteins through leaf structures.[3] In 1996 Kew Gardens held a symposium to honor the work of both Jack and Yolande Heslop-Harrison and the proceedings were published in 1998.[4][5]

Selected publications

• Heslop-Harrison, J.; Heslop-Harrison, Y. (1970). "Evaluation of Pollen Viability by Enzymatically Induced Fluorescence; Intracellular Hydrolysis of Fluorescein Diacetate". Stain Technology. 45 (3): 115–120. doi:10.3109/10520297009085351. ISSN 0038-9153. PMID 4192549.
• HESLOP-HARRISON, YOLANDE; SHIVANNA, K. R. (1977-11-01). "The Receptive Surface of the Angiosperm Stigma". Annals of Botany. 41 (6): 1233–1258. doi:10.1093/oxfordjournals.aob.a085414. ISSN 0305-7364.
• Heslop-Harrison, Yolande (1970-01-09). "Scanning Electron Microscopy of Fresh Leaves of Pinguicula". Science. 167 (3915): 172–174. Bibcode:1970Sci...167..172H. doi:10.1126/science.167.3915.172. ISSN 0036-8075. PMID 17754133.
• HESLOP-HARRISON, YOLANDE (1977-09-01). "The Pollen-stigma Interaction: Pollen-tube Penetration in Crocus". Annals of Botany. 41 (5): 913–922. doi:10.1093/oxfordjournals.aob.a085387. ISSN 0305-7364.
• Heslop-Harrison, Yolande (1981). "Stigma characteristics and angiosperm taxonomy". Nordic Journal of Botany. 1 (3): 401–420. doi:10.1111/j.1756-1051.1981.tb00707.x. ISSN 1756-1051.
• Heslop-Harrison, Yolande (2000-03-01). "Control Gates and Micro-ecology: The Pollen-Stigma Interaction in Perspective". Annals of Botany. 85 (suppl_1): 5–13. Bibcode:2000AnBot..85....5H. doi:10.1006/anbo.1999.1063. ISSN 0305-7364. PMC 6126568.

Awards and honors

In 1982 she shared the Darwin Medal with her husband, Jack Heslop-Harrison, for their work on "plant physiology including fundamental studies on insectivorous plants".[7][8]

Personal life

She met her future husband while they were undergraduate students, and they were married in 1950.[2]

References

1. "Legacy Giving at Newcastle High School for Girls". issuu.com. 2022-05-24. pp. 7–8. Retrieved 2025-01-14.
2. Gunning, Brian E.S. (2000). "John Heslop-Harrison. 10 February 1920 – 7 May 1998: Elected F.R.S. 1970". Biographical Memoirs of Fellows of the Royal Society. 46: 197–217. doi:10.1098/rsbm.1999.0080. ISSN 0080-4606.
3. World Book (1983). Science Year. Internet Archive. World Book. p. 57. ISBN 978-0-7166-0583-6.
4. Lack, Andrew (2001). "Reproductive Biology in systematics, conversation and economic botany". Kew Bulletin ; Heidelberg. 56 (1) – via Proquest.
5. Owens, Simon J.; Royal Botanic Gardens, eds. (1998). Reproductive biology in systematics, conservation and economic botany. Kew: Royal Botanic Gardens. ISBN 978-1-900347-62-4.
6. International Plant Names Index.  Y.Hesl.-Harr.
7. "Darwin Medal | Royal Society". royalsociety.org. 2024-11-29. Retrieved 2025-01-14.
8. "Medallists of the Royal Society | Royal Society Picture Library". pictures.royalsociety.org. Archived from the original on 2019-10-24. Retrieved 2025-01-14.