Arabella Buckley

Arabella Burton Buckley (1840 – 1929) was a writer and science educator. She was born in Brighton, England. At 24 she went to work as secretary to Charles Lyell, and worked for him until his death in 1875. Then she began lecturing and writing on science.

She married at the age of 44, but continued publishing under her maiden name.

Her books include:

• The Fairy-Land of Science (1879)
• Life and Her Children (1880)
• Winners in Life's Race (1883)
• History of England for Beginners (1887)
• Insect Life (1901)
• By Pond and River (1901)
• Birds of the Air (1901)
• Wild Life in Woods and Field (1901)
• Trees and Shrubs (1901)
• Plant Life in Field and Garden (1901)

External links and references

• Through magic glasses and other lectures : a sequel to The fairyland of science, available fully and openly online in the Baldwin Library of Historical Children's Literature Digital Collection
• Ripperton, Lisa. "Arabella Buckley". The Baldwin Online Children's Literature Project. http://www.mainlesson.com/displayauthor.php?author=buckley. Retrieved 2007-09-20. 
• "Arabella Buckley & Evolution". John H. Lienhard. The Engines of Our Ingenuity. NPR. KUHF-FM Houston. 2006. No. 2144. Transcript.
• "The Fairy-Land of Science". John H. Lienhard. The Engines of Our Ingenuity. NPR. KUHF-FM Houston. 1994. No. 943. Transcript.