Augusta Vera Duthie

Augusta Vera Duthie (18 July 1881 Belvidere, Knysna – 8 August 1963 Belvidere, Knysna) was a South African botanist who studied the plants of the Western Cape and was a popular teacher who lectured on cryptogamic botany.

[1] One of five children, she was born to Archibald Hamilton and Augusta Vera Duthie and in Knysna, South Africa.

In 1929, she completed flora of the Stellenbosch Flats, an alluvial area surrounding the college.

[2] In her will she bequeathed a sum of money to St Andrew's College, where she had taught, in order to fund scholarships.

[4] Vegetation and Flora of the Stellenbosch Flats with List of Vascular Cryptogams and Flowering Plants Found in that Area.