Mary Sutherland

Mary Sutherland (4 May 1893 – 11 March 1955) was a notable New Zealand forester and botanist. She was born in London, England in 1893. Biography Early life Sutherland was born in London on 4 May 1893 to Nellie Miller Sutherland and her husband, David Sutherland, a medical wine manufacturer. Education Sutherland was educated at the City of London School for Girls and the University College of North Wales, Bangor, where she took a Bachelor of Science degree in Forestry. She was the first woman in both the United Kingdom and the British Empire to complete a Bachelor of Science in forestry.