Catharine Johnston
British botanical and scientific illustrator
About Catharine Johnston
Lived 1794 – 1871 (aged 76–77). Catharine Johnston was a British botanical illustrator and scientific illustrator.
Botanical illustration of Hieracium murorum and Hieracium sylvaticum in Plate II by Catharine Johnston published in The Botany of the Eastern Borders.
Catharine Johnston ( Charles; 1794–1871) was an English botanical illustrator who had a species of marine animal named in her honour.
Life and work
Catharine Charles was born in 1794 and was the daughter of William Claudius Charles, a surgeon who had worked in the West Indies. On 23 November 1819, she married George Johnston, a naturalist, and moved to Berwick-on-Tweed, where the couple resided permanently.
Johnston took an active interest in the study of natural history. On 21 December 1831, she was made an "Extraordinary member" of the Berwickshire Naturalists' Club. Her drawings assisted other notable scientists to further their research.
Johnstonella catharina from A naturalist's rambles on the Devonshire coast by P. H. Gosse, 1853. In 1853 Philip Henry Gosse named the marine species Tomopteris (Johnstonella) catharina in her honor stating:
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British botanical and scientific illustrator (1794-1871)
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Catharine Johnston died in 1871.
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Catharine Johnston was a botanical illustrator and scientific illustrator.
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Sources & further reading
· Wikipedia: Catharine Johnston
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