Sarah Hynes, Date of Birth, Place of Birth, Date of Death

Sarah Hynes

(1859-1938) botanist and teacher

Date of Birth: 30-Sep-1859

Place of Birth: Gdańsk, Pomeranian Voivodeship, Poland

Date of Death: 01-Jan-1938

Profession: teacher, botanist

Nationality: Australia

Zodiac Sign: Libra

Sarah (Sally) Hynes MBE (30 September 1859 – 27 May 1938) was a Polish-born, Australian botanist and teacher. Sarah (Sally) Hynes was born on 30 September 1859 in Danzig, Prussia (now Gdansk, Poland) to William John Hynes (1831–1909), a master mariner and his wife Eliza Bell.
Sarah was educated at Edinburgh Ladies' College, Upton House in St John's Wood, London, and at Chichester College in Sussex.
She earned a botanical certificate from South Kensington Museum, Science and Art Department.Hynes came to Sydney around 1884 when her father took a job as managing director of the Australasian Steam Navigation Company.
She took a course of study at the University of Sydney taking a B.A.
in 1891.
She studied the sciences, and majored in botany.
Hynes was the first woman to be appointed to the Linnean Society of New South Wales, in 1891.
She was also active on the fund-raising committee which was working toward the construction of the university’s Women's College.