Isobel Wylie HutchisonFRGS (30 May 1889–20 February 1982) was a Scottish Arctic traveller, filmmaker and botanist.[1] Hutchison published poetry, books describing her travels to Iceland, Greenland, Alaska, and the Aleutian Islands, and articles in National Geographic and other magazines. She lectured frequently, using her films, photographs and paintings to illustrate her talks.[2] Her papers were gifted to the National Library of Scotland by her long-time friend Medina Lewis.[3]
Many of the plants Hutchison collected during her life are in Kew Gardens,[4] the Royal Botanic Garden Edinburgh[5] and the British Museum.[6] In 1934, she became the first woman to receive the Mungo Park Medal from the Royal Scottish Geographical Society.[7] In 1949, she was awarded an honorary degree from the University of St Andrews in recognition of her botanical and literary contributions and “that indomitable spirit which defies hazard, danger and discomfort, and is the source of all great human achievement”.[2]
^Neely, Sarah; MacKenzie, Scott; Stenport, Anna Westerstahl (2015). "'My Heart Beat for the Wilderness': Isobel Wylie Hutchison, Jenny Gilbertson, Margaret Tait and Other Twentieth-Century Scottish Women Filmmakers". Films on ice : cinemas of the Arctic. Edinburgh: Edinburgh University Press. ISBN 9780748694174.
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^Reid, Deborah (8 March 2019). "The Quest for Scotland's Gardening Women, 1800-1930". National Museums Scotland Blog. Retrieved 22 April 2022.
^Lewis, Philippa (2 June 2017). "Arctic Botanist: Isobel Wylie Hutchison". Royal Botanic Gardens Kew. Retrieved 10 April 2022.
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^Haines, Catharine M. C.; Stevens, Helen M. (2001). International Women in Science: A Biographical Dictionary to 1950. ABC-CLIO. ISBN 978-1-57607-090-1.
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