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'''Eva Crackles''' {{postnominals|country=GBR|size=100%|MBE|FLS}} (1918–2007) was a British [[botanist]] and [[teacher]] notable for her major contributions to the ''[[Atlas of the British Flora]],'' published in 1962.
'''Eva Crackles''' {{postnominals|country=GBR|size=100%|MBE|FLS}} (1918–2007) was a British [[botanist]] and [[teacher]] notable for her major contributions to the ''[[Atlas of the British Flora]],'' published in 1962.


As a teacher she was Head of Biology at [[Kingston upon Hull|Hull]]'s [[Malet Lambert School]] for many years, until 1978.{{Cite web
She began teaching in 1941.{{cite journal|url=http://archive.bsbi.org.uk/Wats27p91.pdf|title=Obituaries – FLORENCE EVA CRACKLES|journal=Watsonia|volume=27|pages=91–97|year=2008}} As a teacher she was Head of Biology at [[Kingston upon Hull|Hull]]'s [[Malet Lambert School]] for many years, until 1978. name="Bunting">{{Cite web
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|url=http://gees-talk.blogspot.be/2015/03/wow-week-of-women-in-gees-dr-eva.html
|title=WOW Week of Women in GEES : Dr Eva Crackles, biogeographer
|title=WOW Week of Women in GEES : Dr Eva Crackles, biogeographer
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|date=11 March 2015
|date=11 March 2015
|website=GEES-ology: Geography, Environment and Earth Science in action
|website=GEES-ology: Geography, Environment and Earth Science in action
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}} She received an honorary [[Doctor of Science]] degree from the [[University of Hull]] in 1991.Hull Museums, [http://www.hullcc.gov.uk/museumcollections/collections/storydetail.php?irn=194 Eva Crackles 1918-2007], Retrieved 15 August 2016 The following year, she was made a [[Member of the Order of the British Empire]] (MBE) by [[Queen Elizabeth II]] for her work in plant conservation. Crackles was elected Honorary Life member of the [[Botanical Society of Britain and Ireland]] in 2000.>{{cite journal|url=http://archive.bsbi.org.uk/Wats27p91.pdf|title=Obituaries – FLORENCE EVA CRACKLES|journal=Watsonia|volume=27|pages=91–97|year=2008}}>{{Cite web |url=http://www2.hull.ac.uk/science/crackles/eva.aspx |title=Dr Eva Crackles - University of Hull |access-date=2016-08-09 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20130419025443/http://www2.hull.ac.uk/science/crackles/eva.aspx |archive-date=2013-04-19 |url-status=dead }}
}} She also taught evening classes for the [[Workers' Educational Association]].name="Hull">{{Cite web |url=http://www2.hull.ac.uk/science/crackles/eva.aspx |title=Dr Eva Crackles - University of Hull |access-date=2016-08-09 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20130419025443/http://www2.hull.ac.uk/science/crackles/eva.aspx |archive-date=2013-04-19 |url-status=dead }}

Crackles became a recorder for the [[Botanical Society of Britain and Ireland]] in the 1950s, allowing her to contribute to the ''Atlas of the British Flora.''

==Recognition==
Crackles received an honorary [[Doctor of Science]] degree from the [[University of Hull]] in 1991, for her work on grasses of the genus [[Calamagrostis]].{{cite web |title=Eva Crackles 1918-2007 |url=http://museumcollections.hullcc.gov.uk/collections/subtheme.php?irn=194 |website=MuseumCollections.Hullcc.gov.uk |publisher=Hull Museums Collections |access-date=22 April 2026}}

In 1966, Crackles became a fellow of the [[Linnean Society of London]].

In 1992, Crackles was made a [[Member of the Order of the British Empire]] (MBE) by [[Queen Elizabeth II]] for her work in plant conservation. She was elected Honorary Life member of the [[Botanical Society of Britain and Ireland]] in 2000.


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