Marian Busk
Lady Marian (nee Balfour) Busk (1861 – 31 March 1941) was a British botanist and translator.[1] She was known for her translation of Das Pflanzenleben der Donauländer by Anton Kerner von Marilaun.[2]
Busk was the daughter of silk merchant Lewis Balfour. After private study in botany and chemistry she earned in 1883 one of the first bachelor's degrees given to women by Queen's College, London.[3] In 1905 she became one of the earliest female fellows of the Linnean Society of London,[3][4] which began admitting female fellows in 1904.[5]
Beyond botany, her interests also included women's suffrage. She married legal scholar Edward Henry Busk in 1880; he was knighted in 1901.[3]
Works
- Kerner von Marilaun, Anton (1895–1896). The natural history of plants, their forms, growth, reproduction, and distribution. Translated by Busk, Lady Marian (Balfour); Macdonald, Mary Frances; Oliver, Francis Wall. New York: H. Holt and Company. doi:10.5962/bhl.title.54631 – via Biodiversity Heritage Library.
References
- ^ Desmond, Ray (1994). "Busk, Lady Marian (née Balfour) (1861–1941)". Dictionary Of British And Irish Botanists And Horticulturists: Including plant collectors, flower painters and garden designers. CRC Press. p. 123. ISBN 9780850668438. Retrieved 9 August 2018.
- ^ Hughes, Damian (2016). Natural Visions: Photography and ecological knowledge, 1895-1939 (PDF). De Montfort University. p. 40. Retrieved 9 August 2018.
- ^ a b c "Obituaries". Proceedings of the Linnean Society of London. 154 (3): 270–300. June 1943. doi:10.1111/j.1095-8312.1943.tb00329.x. See in particular pp. 271–272.
- ^ Ogilvie, Marilyn Bailey, ed. (2000). "Busk, Lady Marian (Balfour) (1861–1941)". The Biographical Dictionary of Women in Science: Pioneering Lives from Ancient Times to the Mid-20th Century, Volume 1. Routledge. p. 215. ISBN 9780415920384.
- ^ "Celebrating the 230th anniversary of the Linnean Society of London: The first female Fellows". Biological Journal of the Linnean Society.
