Maria Dawson

Maria Dawson (born 6 March 1875) was a British botanist who was the first person to receive a degree from the University of Wales. She then joined a group of women carrying out scientific research with Harry Marshall Ward at the University of Cambridge in the 1890s, and received a doctorate in 1901. She focused on questions of industrial fertilisation, and also had an influential career as a science teacher. Provided by Wikipedia