Susan Fereday (botanical artist)
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| Born | 1815 Leicestershire, England |
| Died | 21 October 1878 Sale, Victoria, Australia |
| Other names | Susan Georgina Marianne Apthorpe |
| Known for | the study of algae and scientific illustration |
| Spouse | Rev. John Fereday |
| Children | Elizabeth Henty Fereday |
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| Fields | algology and botany |
Susan Fereday (née Apthorpe) (1815, Leicestershire, England – 21 October 1878, Sale, Victoria, Australia)[1] was an algologist, botanical illustrator, artist and Sunday school teacher who made scientifically significant collections of botany specimens in Tasmania, Australia.[2] She was also a talented artist known for her accurate paintings of the local flora of Tasmania.[3]
Life
Fereday was born Susan Georgina Marianne Apthorpe in Leicestershire, England in 1815. She married in 1837 and emigrated with her husband to Australia aboard the Aden in 1846.[4] Fereday lived in "The Grove" in George Town, Tasmania and used the local flora as inspiration for her paintings.[3] Fereday exhibited her art at the Melbourne Intercolonial Exhibition of 1866-1867.[4]
Fereday was also a keen collector of algae specimens and established a scientifically significant collection. William Henry Harvey named two species after Fereday to honour her contribution to the study of algae, Dasya feredayae and Nemastoma feredayae.[5][3]
Family
Fereday married her husband the Reverend John Fereday in 1837 and had six children with him.[4]
References
- ^ "Fereday, Susan, 1815-1878". nla.gov.au. National Library of Australia. Retrieved 21 April 2017.
- ^ "Fereday, Susan (1810-1878)". Trove. National Library of Australia. Retrieved 5 March 2017.
- ^ a b c Norton, Leonie (2009). Women of Flowers: Botanical Art in Australia from the 1830s to the 1960s. Canberra: National Library of Australia. pp. 48–57. ISBN 9780642276834.
- ^ a b c "Susan Fereday". www.cpbr.gov.au. Australian National Herbarium. Retrieved 5 March 2017.
- ^ Hooker, Joseph Dalton (1844–1860). The botany of the Antarctic voyage of H.M. discovery ships Erebus and Terror in the Years 1839-1843 :under the command of Captain Sir James Clark Ross. London: Reeve Brothers. Retrieved 5 March 2017.
See also
List of Australian botanical illustrators
External links
- List of paintings by Fereday held at the National Library of Australia
- Images of "The Grove", the house where Fereday lived in Tasmania
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