Marie Lebour

Marie Lebour was born the youngest of three daughters to Emily and George Lebour in Woodburn, Northumberland on 20 August 1876. Her father was a professor of geology and Marie regularly joined him on expeditions, collecting specimens for her own collections. She attended Armstrong College and studied art, then went on to Durham University, where she earned degrees in zoology: an associate degree in 1903, bachelor's degree in 1904, master's degree in 1907, and doctorate in 1917. == Career and research ==

In 1900, before beginning her scientific education, Lebour began her research career with a paper on land and freshwater molluscs in Northumberland. While studying for her master's degree, Lebour was on staff at Durham University. From 1906 to 1909, she was a demonstrator in the Department of Zoology at the University of Leeds and from 1909 to 1915 she was also an assistant lecturer. Lebour's professional research career was entirely conducted at the Marine Biological Association's Laboratory at Plymouth, where she joined the research staff in 1915. She was a full staff member there until 1946, then an honorary staff member until she could no longer conduct research due to health problems, in 1964. Lebour retired in 1945 at the age of 70, but continued to work into the laboratory and publish until she was 88 and her failing vision prevented her from working at the microscope. == Honours, death and legacy ==

Lebour was a member of several professional societies. She was a fellow of the Linnaean Society, a lifetime fellow of the Zoological Society, and a member of the Marine Biological Association of the United Kingdom. Multiple species of dinoflagellates were named after her, including genera Lebouraia and Lebouridinium and the species Polykrikos lebourae and Cochlodinium lebourae. She was remembered fondly by her colleagues. The featured scientists were Lebour, Mary Jane Hancock, Dr. Kathleen Blackburn, ornithologist Catharine Hodgkin, bryologist Evelyn Lobley, Grace Hickling and botanical artist Margaret Rebecca Dickinson. == Selected publications ==