Lady Anne Brewis Explained
Lady Anne Brewis (26 March 1911 – 31 March 2002),[1] [2] was an English botanist. She was a daughter of Roundell Cecil Palmer, 3rd Earl of Selborne.
As a child, Brewis had spent long holidays studying the orchids on Noar Hill,[3] near Selborne. This led her to study the works of Gilbert White, and eventually to a degree in Zoology at Somerville College, Oxford. Her marriage to John Brewis took her to many localities before returning to Hampshire on her husband's retirement.[4] [5]
Over the next 27 years, she meticulously catalogued hundreds of species,[6] and co-authored the definitive guide to Hampshire's plant life.[7] Every summer she would organise botanical safaris for local children.
Bibliography
- The Flora of Hampshire, Bowman P, Brewis A, Mabey R, Rose F. 1996. Harley Books. . (This 1996 book was preceded by the Flora of Hampshire, 2nd edition, 1904 by Frederick Townsend.)[8]
- Natural History of Selborne, White G. 1789 (repr: 1977) Penguin London, Hampshire(1996).
References
- Obituary, The Times, 12 April 2002.
- https://books.google.com/books?id=6-pi-PAEPbAC&dq=lady+anne+brewis&pg=PA22 Chapter 6 Lady Anne Brewis MBE 1911-2002
- In retirement, Brewis was a warden at this nature reserve for the Hampshire and Isle of Wight Wildlife Trust
- See Rev John Salusbury Brewis, (Who's Who 1970 p. 366;)
- 2010. Catherine Horwood. Gardening Women: Their Stories From 1600 to the Present. Publicó Hachette UK, 336 p. ISBN 0748118330, ISBN 9780748118335 citada en p. 9
- Web site: Hampshire Museums Biology Collections - vascular plants . 26 March 2007. https://web.archive.org/web/20070930215944/http://www.hants.gov.uk/museum/biology/plants/vascular.html . 30 September 2007. dead .
- Bowman, Brewis et al., 1996.
- Willis, Arthur J.. Review of The Flora of Hampshire by Anne Brewis, Paul Bowman, and Francis Rose. 281–282. Botanical Journal of the Linnean Society. 121. 3.
