Edith Berkeley

Edith Berkeley (1 September 1875–25 February 1963) was a Canadian marine biologist who specialized in the biology of polychaetes.

[1] Edith was born in Tulbagh, Cape Colony to bridge engineer Alfred Dunington and his wife Martha Treglohan.

[3] Though she was never officially on staff, her research on polychaetes brought prestige to the Station and established her as a world authority on the subject.

Edith and Cyril married on February 26, 1902 and moved to India where they lived for ten years.

Many organisms—including two rhododendron hybrids, two polychaetes (Lepidasthenia berkeleyae and Spiophanes berkeleyorum), and a species of earthworm—have been named after them.