Mary Beever
Appearance
Mary Beever | |
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Born | 1802 |
Died | 31 December 1883 |
Mary Beever (1802 – 31 December 1883) was a British artist and botanist.
Life
Beever was born in Ardwick. Her father was a Manchester businessman. They lived in Derbyshire before moving to The Thwaite in Coniston in Cumbria. Mary and her sister Susannah found themselves in John Ruskin's circle. Mary was a keen botanist and her collections are in several museums.[1]
Beever died in Coniston, Cumbria in 1883.[2]
References
- ^ Ray Desmond (25 February 1994). Dictionary Of British And Irish Botantists And Horticulturalists Including plant collectors, flower painters and garden designers. CRC Press. pp. 61–. ISBN 978-0-85066-843-8.
- ^ Jane Garnett, ‘Women artists in Ruskin's circle (act. 1850s–1900s)’, Oxford Dictionary of National Biography, Oxford University Press, 2004; online edn, Oct 2005 accessed 19 Nov 2015