| Intro | American botanist, author, artist and educator (1893-1990) |
| A.K.A. | Dorothy Leake, D. L., Dorothy van Dyke, Dorothy VanDyke Leake, Dorothy… |
| Was |
Writer Artist Illustrator Scientific illustrator Scientist Botanist Teacher |
| From | United States of America |
| Type |
Arts Academia Creativity Journalism Literature Science |
| Gender | female |
| Birth | 6 September 1893, Columbus Junction, United States of America |
| Death |
23 July 1990, Aurora, United States of America (aged 96 years) |
| Star sign | Virgo |
Dorothy Lois Van Dyke Leake (born 6 September 1893, Columbus Junction, d. 23 July 1990, Aurora, Missouri) was an American botanist, botanical illustrator, writer, conservationist, and educator. Leake earned bachelor’s and master’s degrees in biology from Drury College, and a PhD from the University of Oklahoma in 1944. She taught biology at several institutions, including Phillips University, Monett Junior College, Southeastern State Teachers College, University of Oklahoma, Central Missouri State Teachers College, Jefferson City Junior College, and Oklahoma Agricultural and Mechanical College. Leake provided botanical illustrations for Ruth Nelson’s 1969 Handbook of Rocky Mountain Plants. She also received the Distinguished Alumni Award from Drury College in 1982, and the Ellen Swallow Richards Award in 1985.
Works
- Leake, Dorothy Vandyke (1944). The Algae of Crystal Lake, Cleveland county, Oklahoma. OCLC 25842135. – PhD Dissertation
- Nelson, Ruth Ashton (1977). Handbook of Rocky Mountain plants. Skyland Pub. ISBN 9780912762081. OCLC 3527913. – Illustrator
- Leake, Henderson; Leake, Dorothy (1981). Wildflowers of the Ozarks. Ozark Society Foundation. OCLC 7792707.
- Leake, Dorothy Van Dycke; Leake, John Benjamin; Roeder, Marcelotte Leake (1993). Desert and mountain plants of the Southwest. University of Oklahoma Press. ISBN 9780806124896. OCLC 729642657.