Background & Motivation Eva Crane was born on June 12, 1912 as Ethel Eva Widdowson in South London and was naturally determined to make a difference. Originally studying to be a mathematician, Eva was one of only two woman to receive a BSc in math at King's College of London (1933). Her thirst for knowledge drove Eva to go on to receive a MSc in quantum mechanics (1935) and a PhD in nuclear physics (1937), where she then began to share her knowledge by teaching physics at Sheffield University (1941-1943).
It was not until 1942 that Ethel Eva Widdowson became Eva Crane when she married James Crane in July. This time of Eva's life was also the start of her interest and motivation to research bees when a guest at their wedding gave a hive and bees as a wedding gift. From then on, her fascination of bees and beekeeping never seized. With her interest of apiculture rapidly increasing, Eva joined the British Beekeepers' Association as secretary of research to start her revolutionary change in the science of bees, leading her to become a British scientist of Apiculture and an important driving force in the beekeeping world. |