Ruth Ellen Berkeley
Mycologist and scientific illustrator
About Ruth Ellen Berkeley
Lived 1845 – 1914 (aged 68). Ruth Ellen Berkeley was a British artist, scientific illustrator, mycologist and deaconess.
Ruth Ellen Berkeley (bapt. 1 October 1845 – 16 June 1914) was an English mycologist, collector of fungi specimens and scientific botanical illustrator. She is known for her specimen collections as well as her illustrations of British fungi particularly in Mordecai Cubitt Cooke's book Illustrations of British Fungi (Hymenomycetes). Her father, the mycologist Miles Joseph Berkeley, named a fungal species Agaricus ruthae (now known as Pleurotus ruthae) in her honour.
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Who was Ruth Ellen Berkeley?
mycologist and scientific illustrator (1846-1914)
When was Ruth Ellen Berkeley born?
Ruth Ellen Berkeley was born on 2 July 1845 in King's Cliffe.
When did Ruth Ellen Berkeley die?
Ruth Ellen Berkeley died on 16 June 1914 in Totnes.
What was Ruth Ellen Berkeley's occupation?
Ruth Ellen Berkeley was an artist, scientific illustrator, mycologist and deaconess.
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Ruth Ellen Berkeley was British.
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APA: Biography.guide. (2026). Ruth Ellen Berkeley. https://biography.guide/ruth-ellen-berkeley/
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