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Non-fiction authors from EnglandWomen authors from EnglandUniversity of Oxford alumniBotanists from EnglandWomen born in the 1930s
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Shirley Sherwood
(née Cross; born 1 July 1933) is a British biochemist, botanist, collector of botanical art, author, and philanthropist. She was appointed in the (OBE).
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