Botanist.
Helen Holme Simmons FRS FLS (née Bancroft; 30 September 1887 – 2 October 1950), commonly known as Nellie Bancroft, was a British botanist and scientific illustrator famous for her work on plant systematics and the anatomy of both living and fossil plants. Bancroft was while working for the Imperial Forestry Institute in France in 1940 captured by the Germans and spent four years in internment before being released and returning home in 1944.
Abbreviations: H.H.Bancr.
Occupations: paleobotanist, botanist, botanical collector
Citizenships: United Kingdom of Great Britain and Ireland
Dates: 1887-01-01T00:00:00Z – 1950-01-01T00:00:00Z
Birth place: Derby
Direct attributions: 6 plants, 0 fungi
Authorship mentions: 6 plants, 0 fungi