| 词条 | Jean Balfour |
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Early life and educationShe earned her B.S. with honours from the University of Edinburgh in 1949. She married John Charles Balfour in 1950.[1][2][3] Career and researchBalfour is a partner/owner of Balbirnie Home Farms and Balbirnie Dairy Farm. The Scourie estate is also owned by her.[4] Balfour is interested in arctic alpine vegetation and has taken part in many botanical expeditions including Greenland, Ellsemere Island, Spitzbergen, Franz Joseph Land, Novaya Zemlya, Severnaya Zemlya, and arctic Siberia to collect field data. Her data has been used in collaboration with other professors on papers involving population dynamics and impact of changing climate conditions. In 1984 she wrote A New Look at the Northern Ireland Countryside (1984) which listed many recommendations for restructuring legislation regarding nature conservation and countryside management. Many of her suggestions were taken into considerations and implemented. She was the Chair of Countryside Commission for Scotland from 1972 to 1982.[3] During the years of 1983-1985 she worked at Chieftain Industries. From 1999 to now{{when|date=December 2015}} she was the Chair at Loch Duart Ltd an independent salmon farm and the largest local employer from 1999 to 2008. She helped publish The Rising Tide regarding women in traditionally male-dominated fields.[1][2] Public appointments
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References1. ^1 2 {{Cite book|title = International Women in Science: A Biographical Dictionary to 1950|url = https://books.google.com/books?id=HftdjMNDvwIC|publisher = ABC-CLIO|date = 2001-01-01|isbn = 9781576070901|first = Catharine M. C.|last = Haines}} {{DEFAULTSORT:Balfour, Jean}}2. ^1 {{Cite web|title = 2015 - Drs Jean Balfour and Bob McIntosh « Award for Dedicated Service to Forestry « ConFor|url = http://www.confor.org.uk/AboutUs/Default.aspx?pid=1545|website = www.confor.org.uk|accessdate = 2015-09-26|author = ConFor|deadurl = yes|archiveurl = https://web.archive.org/web/20151208082732/http://www.confor.org.uk/AboutUs/Default.aspx?pid=1545|archivedate = 2015-12-08|df = }} 3. ^1 {{cite news|url=https://www.independent.co.uk/news/obituaries/john-balfour-public-servant-active-in-the-fields-of-health-and-childrens-welfare-1702079.html|title=John Balfour: Public servant active in the fields of health and children's welfare|last=Dalyell|first=Tam|date=10 June 2009|work=The Independent|accessdate=18 December 2016}} 4. ^{{Cite web|title = 2015 - Drs Jean Balfour and Bob McIntosh « Award for Dedicated Service to Forestry « ConFor|url = http://www.confor.org.uk/AboutUs/Default.aspx?pid=1545|website = www.confor.org.uk|accessdate = 2015-09-26|author = ConFor|deadurl = yes|archiveurl = https://web.archive.org/web/20151208082732/http://www.confor.org.uk/AboutUs/Default.aspx?pid=1545|archivedate = 2015-12-08|df = }} 5. ^{{cite web|url=https://www.rse.org.uk/cms/files/fellows/lists/fellows.pdf|title=RSE Fellows|publisher=Royal Society of Edinburgh|page=3|accessdate=18 December 2016}} 4 : 1927 births|Living people|Scottish landowners|Scottish foresters |
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