Elizabeth Batham

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Elizabeth Batham

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Background

(1917-1974).  Marine Biologist and University Lecturer.  Born in Dunedin, Elizabeth studied science at Otago University from 1936, graduating with first class honours in Botany (1940) and Zoology (1941).  Her interest in Marine Biology developed during the war years and in 1945 she went to England, gaining a Cambridge Doctorate in 1948.  She returned to Dunedin in 1950 and revived the Portobello marine station and worked there until shortly before her death in 1974.

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Historical or notable people

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Female

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