Researching Jennifer Shay
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 | Did you know that in the 1881 UK census there were 311 people with the Shay surname? In that year Shay was ranked number 3268 for popularity in the UK. |
The name Jennifer means "form of GWENHWYFAR - fair spirit" and is of English origin.
Records of Jennifer Shay on Ancestry
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Birth, Death and Marriage Records for Jennifer Shay and the Shay Family History
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| Did you know that there are currently 219 people with the Shay surname in the UK? Shay is now ranked number 3836 for popularity in the UK. |
Shay Family Tree Databases
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| Did you know that there are currently 9115 people with the Shay surname in the USA? Shay is ranked number 154 for popularity in the USA. |
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Jennifer Shay
Jennifer Mary Shay, (March 27, 1930 – May 7, 2018), was a Canadian academic and ecologist.
Born in Hull, England, the daughter of Frank and Kathleen Walker, she received a Bachelor of Science from the University of London in 1952. After moving to Canada in 1957, she completed her Master of Science in 1959 and her Doctor of Philosophy in Science in 1964 from the University of Manitoba. In 1965, she became an assistant professor, promoted to associate professor in 1967, and full professor in 1975. From 1966 to 1986, she was the founding director of the Delta Marsh Field Station, a research and teaching facility of the Faculty of Science located on the south shore of Lake Manitoba. She retired in 1993 and was appointed Professor Emerita of Botany in the Faculty of Science in 1995.
In 1988, she was made a Member of the Order of Canada and was promoted to Officer in 2000.
Jennifer Shay retired with her husband C. Thomas Shay to Yorkshire, England, in 2005. She died there in 2018 as a result of complications from Parkinson's disease.
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