Frances Joanna Bunbury

Lady Frances Joanna Bunbury ( Horner; 1814–1894) was a British botanist, editor, and translator. She was married to Sir Charles Bunbury, 8th Baronet. She accompanied him on his palaeobotany trips, and collected barometric information for Charles Lyell. She published a translation of Cesare Balbo's Life and Times of Dante Alighieri, and edited and published her husband's diaries and correspondence after his death.

Life Frances Joanna Bunbury was born in London in 1814, and grew up in Bonn. Her parents were Leonard Horner and Anne Susan (or Susanna), daughter of Gamaliel Lloyd. She was the second of five daughters, and was well-educated. Leonard Horner educated all his daughters and took them with him to meetings of the British Association for the Advancement of Science.

Bunbury died at Mildenhall in Suffolk on 21 July 1894, and was interred at Great Barton church.

Written works Bunbury, Frances Joana (tr.). (1852). The Life and Times of Dante Alighieri by Balbo, Cesare, 1789-1853. Volume 1 Volume 2 Bunbury, Frances Joana (Ed.). (1894). Life, Letters, and Journals of Sir Charles J. F. Bunbury, Bart. Volume 3