Maria Graham
Lady Maria Callcott and related products. Graham, born in Dundas ( born July 19, 1785 Papcastle in Cockermouth, † November 28, 1842 in Kensington) was a British botanist and writer. You made numerous trips and was among their contemporaries as lively and unconventional woman.
Life
Lady Maria Callcott was born as the daughter of Admiral George Dundas. Even as a child she developed a keen interest in plants. She is extremely interested with flowering plants and trees. She grew up on the Isle of Man and in Cheshire. The school she attended in Oxford. In 1808 she accompanied her father on a sailing trip to India. She learned there the Captain Thomas Graham, whom she then married and took a trip to India with him. In 1811 she returned to England. Shortly thereafter, she settled for some time in Italy. Subsequently, she undertook with her husband a trip to South America. When he died during this tour, Maria decided to travel on your own resume. In Valparaíso in Chile, she worked for six years as a teacher. Then the journey home to England was. There she made the acquaintance of the artist Augustus Wall Callcott, whom she subsequently married. With him, she undertook a long journey through Italy.
Work
Lady Maria Callcott processed their travel experiences in the form of popular literature. Even as children's book author, she was successful. As a botanist, she stepped in particular with the works of Journal of a residence in India ( 1812), Journal of a voyage to Brazil (1814 ) and Scripture Herbal (1842 ) in appearance. In addition to the text she made in the book of Scripture Herbal on the illustrations themselves. In Kew Gardens its Brazilian plant collection is kept.
After Callcott named taxa
In her honor, two plants were named: Escallonia callcottia and Graemia
Further Reading
- Susanne servant: Flora Tristan and Mary Graham, Lady Callcott. The second discovery of Latin America. EVA, Hamburg 2004, ISBN 3-434-50573-3.
Swell
- Renate Strohmeyer: Encyclopedia of natural scientists and natural knowledgeable women in Europe. Verlag Harri German, ISBN 3-8171-1567-9, p 65