Mary Ann Burnett
British botanist, author, artist and botanical illustrator ( - 1856)
About Mary Ann Burnett
Mary Ann Burnett was a British scientific illustrator, botanical illustrator, writer and botanist.
Mary Ann Burnett (died 18 December 1856) was a British botanist, author and editor.
Life and work
Burnett was the illustrator and editor of Illustrations of Useful Plants employed in the Arts and Medicine (1839–40). Some of the text was written by her brother Gilbert Thomas Burnett. Subsequent editions from 1840 onwards name Mary Ann as the author. Burnett dedicated the 1842 edition of the book to her patron, Miss Minshull.
Burnett died at Fitzroy Square, London, in December 1856 "after a long and painful illness".
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Selected publications
Burnett, M. A. (1842). Plantae utiliores: or illustrations of useful plants, employed in the arts and medicine (Vol. 1). Whittaker & Company.
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Who was Mary Ann Burnett?
British botanist, author, artist and botanical illustrator ( - 1856)
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Mary Ann Burnett died on 18 December 1856 in Fitzroy Square.
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Mary Ann Burnett was a scientific illustrator, botanical illustrator, writer and botanist.
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Sources & further reading
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