Dorothea De Winton
Dorothea De Winton (1891–1982) was a plant scientist and one of the first female geneticists.

De Winton was employed at the John Innes Horticultural Institution in 1920. Prior to this, she had worked as a professional gardener for four years. She first worked worked under William Bateson as a member of the 'Bateson Ladies' on Chinese primrose (Primula sinensis). Later she would work under Cyril Darlington, who is credited with inventing the chromosome.

In 1932 De Winton published a book on her work titled 'Leaf and Bract Forms of Primula Sinensis and their Inheritance', following that with 'The Genetics of Primula sinensis: IV. Indications as to the Ontogenetic Relationship of Leaf and Inflorescence' with Edgar Anderson in 1935