Alice
Blanche
Balfour
Born in Dunbar, East Lothian, Scotland
Ancestors 
Daughter of James Maitland Balfour
and Blanche Mary Harriet (Gascoyne-Cecil) Balfour
Sister of
Eleanor Mildred (Balfour) Sidgwick, Evelyn Georgiana Mary (Balfour) Strutt, Arthur James Balfour KG OM PC, Francis Maitland Balfour, Gerald William Balfour and Eustace James Anthony Balfour
[spouse(s) unknown]
[children unknown]
Died
at age 85
in Dunbar, East Lothian, Scotland
Profile last modified
| Created 12 Nov 2014
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Biography
Alice Blanche Balfour was one of the earliest female pioneers in genetics.
She developed a lifelong interest in entomology and had a specific interest in the way that patterns in zebra skins were inherited.
Sources
Birth
"Scotland, Births and Baptisms, 1564-1950," index, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/pal:/MM9.1.1/XTYK-DH1 : accessed 13 Nov 2014), Alice Blanche Balfour, 20 Oct 1850; citing , reference 2:15VDFZX; FHL microfilm 1067863.
Census
"England and Wales Census, 1881," index, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/pal:/MM9.1.1/X3JD-NB8 : accessed 13 Nov 2014), Alice B Balfour in household of John W Strutt, Cambridge St Andrew The Less, Cambridgeshire, England; from "1881 England, Scotland and Wales census," index and images, findmypast (www.findmypast.co.uk : DC Thomson, n.d.); PRO RG 11/, p. , The National Archives, Kew, Surrey; FHL microfilm .
See Also
- Alice Blanche Balfour at Wikipedia
- This WikiTree profile is referenced from Wikidata: Item Q17985721, en:Wikipedia
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