Erection date: 4/3/2020
Dame Helen Gwynne-Vaughan, 1879 - 1967, botanist and a leader of the first women's army corps, lived in flat 93, 1915 - 1964.
English Heritage
WC1, Bedford Avenue, Flat 93, Bedford Court Mansions
After her husband’s sudden death in 1915, Gwynne-Vaughan moved to this flat, in close proximity to Birkbeck College where she gained her professorship in 1921.
This section lists the subjects commemorated on the memorial on this page:
Helen Gwynne-Vaughan
Prominent botanist and mycologist (fungi). Leader of the first women's army c...
This section lists the subjects who helped to create/erect the memorial on this page:
Helen Gwynne-Vaughan
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