About Joan Margaret Legge
Lived 1885 – 1939 (aged 54). Joan Margaret Legge was a British botanist and botanical collector.
Lady Joan Margaret Legge JP (21 February 1885 – 4 July 1939) was an English botanist who had a fatal accident while collecting samples in the Valley of Flowers in India.
Early life Legge was born at 55 Manchester St. in Marylebone, London, to William Legge, 6th Earl of Dartmouth, and Lady Mary Coke. She held the office of Justice of Peace for Staffordshire. While traversing some rocky slopes to collect flowers, she slipped off and lost her life. She died unmarried at the age of 54.
Legge's sister came in search of her and built a tomb in the Valley of Flowers.
Commemoration In 2010 a new species of Impatiens found near the Valley of Flowers was named Impatiens leggei as a tribute to Legge.
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British botanist (1885-1939)
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Joan Margaret Legge was born on 21 February 1885.
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Joan Margaret Legge died on 4 July 1939 in Valley of Flowers National Park.
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Joan Margaret Legge was a botanist and botanical collector.
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