Mary Ann Burnett
Appearance
Mary Ann Burnett | |
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![]() Illustration of a pineapple by Mary Ann Burnett | |
Died | 18 December 1856 London, England |
Nationality | British |
Occupation(s) | Botanist, author and editor |
Mary Ann Burnett (died 18 December 1856) was a British botanist, author and editor.
Life and work
[edit]Burnett was the illustrator and editor of Illustrations of Useful Plants employed in the Arts and Medicine (1839–40).[1] Some of the text was written by her brother Gilbert Thomas Burnett.[2] Subsequent editions from 1840 onwards name Mary Ann as the author.[3][4] Burnett dedicated the 1842 edition of the book to her patron, Miss Minshull.[5]
Burnett died at Fitzroy Square, London, in December 1856 "after a long and painful illness".[6][7]
Burnett gallery
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A lily (Lilium species)
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Breadfruit (Artocarpus altilis)
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Cardamom plant (Elettaria cardamomum)
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Chinese or Turkish rhubarb (Rheum palmatum)
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Cinchona plant (Cinchona officinalis)
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Clove tree (Syzygium aromaticum)
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Cuckoo-pint (Arum maculatum)
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Fly agaric fungus (Amanita muscaria)
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Liquorice plant (Glycyrrhiza glabra)
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Melon (Cucumis melo)
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Opium poppy (Papaver somniferum)
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Peepul tree (Ficus religiosa)
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Pineapple (Ananas comosus)
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Quince (Cydonia oblonga)
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Flag iris (Iris x germanica)
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Breadfruit (Artocarpus altilis)
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White hellebore (Veratrum album)
Selected publications
[edit]- Burnett, M. A. (1842). Plantae utiliores: or illustrations of useful plants, employed in the arts and medicine[8] (Vol. 1). Whittaker & Company.
External links
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References
[edit]- ^ Matthew, H. C. G.; Harrison, B., eds. (23 September 2004). "The Oxford Dictionary of National Biography". Oxford Dictionary of National Biography (online ed.). Oxford University Press. pp. ref:odnb/4073. doi:10.1093/ref:odnb/4073. Retrieved 23 May 2020. (Subscription or UK public library membership required.)
- ^ "Births Marriages Deaths". The Spectator Archive. The Spectator. 27 December 1856. Retrieved 20 November 2017.
- ^ Burnett, M. A. (1840). Plantae utiliores ; or illustrations of useful plants, employed in the arts and medicine. Vol. Part 1. London: Whittaker. Retrieved 23 May 2020.
- ^ Burnett, M. A. (1850). Plantae utiliores ; or illustrations of useful plants, employed in the arts and medicine. Vol. IV. London: Whittaker. Retrieved 23 May 2020.
- ^ Burnett, M. A.; Burnett, Gilbert T. (1842). Plantæ utiliores : or illustrations of useful plants, employed in the arts and medicine, Vol. I. London: Whittaker & Co. Retrieved 23 May 2020.
- ^ "Deaths". The Times. 24 December 1856.
- ^ "Obituary". Gentleman's Magazine, or Monthly Intelligencer: 251. 1857. Retrieved 23 May 2020.
- ^ Burnett, M. A. (1842). Plantæ Utiliores: Or Illustrations of Useful Plants, Employed in the Arts and Medicine. Whittaker & Company.