Ellen Minna Bleakly (née Heine; 8 August 1907 – 27 July 1989) was a New Zealand-born

botanist Botany, also called plant science, is the branch of natural science and biology studying plants, especially Plant anatomy, their anatomy, Plant taxonomy, taxonomy, and Plant ecology, ecology. A botanist or plant scientist is a scientist who s ...

, photographer, and painter. As a botanist, Heine made contributions to research into the relationship between New Zealand insects and native flowers. She also undertook research into brown seaweeds in the genus '' Xiphophora.'' Photographs created by Heine are held in the collection of the National Museum of New Zealand Te Papa Tongarewa. Of particular historical interest are the photographs she took of the University of Canterbury's Cass Field Station.

Early life and education

She was educated at

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where she graduated with a

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degree with honours in botany in 1929.

References

{{DEFAULTSORT:Heine, Ellen Minna 20th-century New Zealand women scientists New Zealand marine biologists New Zealand women botanists 20th-century New Zealand botanists Women phycologists Victoria University of Wellington alumni 1907 births 1989 deaths People from Wellington City Academic staff of the University of Canterbury