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Name	Winifred Mary Curtis
Born	15 June, 1905 London, Middlesex, England
Died	14 October, 2005 (aged 100) Hobart, Tasmania, Australia
Cultural Heritage	English Includes subject's nationality; their parents' nationality; the countries in which they spent a significant part of their childhood, and their self-identity.
Occupation or Descriptor *	botanist (1939-1990) Tasmania, Australia academic (1942-1966) Tasmania, Australia
Awards	Member of the Order of Australia (recipient, 1977) Mueller Medal (ANZAAS) (recipient, 1995)
Legacies *	Curtis Laboratory (University of Tasmania) (eponym) Winifred Curtis Prize (University of Tasmania) (eponym) Winifred Curtis Scamander Reserve (Tasmania) (eponym)
Key Organisations *	Royal Society of Tasmania (member, ?-1996)
Workplaces *	Fahan School (Hobart) (teacher, 1939) University of Tasmania (biology) (demonstrator, 1939-1942) Tasmanian Herbarium (founding member, 1941-1980) University of Tasmania (biology) (academic, 1942-1966)

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