Eileen McCracken

Eileen McCracken
Born	16 February 1920 Lisburn, Ireland
Died	12 November 1988 (aged 68) Durban, South Africa
Nationality	Irish
Fields	Botanist
Institutions	University of Witwatersrand

Eileen May McCracken (16 February 1920 – 12 November 1988) was an Irish botanist, geographer and historian of botany. She also wrote on the history of Irish Gardens.

Life

Born 16 February 1920 in Lisburn, Ireland, McCracken was educated at the University of Belfast, where she gained her BSc and Phd.^[1]

She moved to South Africa, and lectured at the University of Witwatersrand, on geography.

She wrote on the landscape of Ireland from Tudor times, on the Botanic Gardens in Belfast and on the Irish National Botanic Gardens at Glasnevin.

She died in Durban in 1988.

Legacy

Bound sets of her papers have been deposited at the National Botanic Gardens, and in the National Library of Ireland, Dublin.^[2]

Bibliography

• The growth and distribution of white population in South Africa from the second British occupation until 1951. Queen's University of Belfast. 1962.
• The Palm House And Botanic Garden, Blefast. Ulster Archiectural Heritage Society. 1971.
• Irish Woods since Tudor Times: Their Distribution and Exploitation. David & Charles. 25 February 1971. ISBN 978-0715350089.
• Eileen & Donal McCracken (1984). A Register of Trees for Co. Londonderry 1768-1911. Public Record Office N. Ireland.
• "Tree planting by tenants in Meath, 1800 - 1850". Ríocht na Midhe. 1988-1989: 3–20. 1989.
• E. M. McCracken and E. C. Nelson (1989). "Julius Wilhelm Keit, a German horticulturist at the Botanic Gardens, Glasnevin". Moorea 8: 34–40.

Further reading

• A. Brady (23 June 1990). "Eileen McCracken (1920-1988) - An appreciation". GLASRA new series 1 (1): 83–85.

See also

References

1. Marilyn Ogilvie, Joy Harvey (2003). The Biographical Dictionary of Women in Science: Pioneering Lives From Ancient Times to the Mid-20th Century. Routledge. p. 865. ISBN 9781135963439.
2. J. L. McCracken & E. Charles Nelson (1998). "Eileen May McCracken (1920-1988) – additions to her bibliography" (PDF). Glasra (new series) 3: 171.

External links

• "Cumulative Index to Glasra and Occasional Papers of the National Botanic Gardens, Glasnevin, Dublin, 1976 – 1998".