Lady Charlotte Murray Explained
| Honorific Prefix: | Lady |
| Charlotte Murray |
| Birth Date: | 2 August 1754 |
| Birth Place: | Dunkeld, Scotland |
| Death Place: | Bath, Somerset, England |
| Resting Place: | Bath Abbey |
| Occupation: | Botany |
| Known For: | Geranium pratense |
| Notable Works: | The British Garden |
Lady Charlotte Murray (2 August 1754 - 4 April 1808) was a Scottish botanist and author. She was the eldest child of John Murray, 3rd Duke of Atholl, and Charlotte Murray, Duchess of Atholl. Her paternal grandfather was the Jacobite general Lord George Murray while her maternal grandfather was the Hanoverian James Murray, 2nd Duke of Atholl.
She is best known for her two-volume work The British Garden, which ran to two or three editions in her lifetime, the second (and possibly the first)[1] being in 1799, and the third in 1805 or 1808,[2] and another in 1880.[3] The book was targeted at young people and considered the Linnaean system and how it can be used to discover the name of an unknown plant.[4]
She also produced numerous botanical illustrations.[5]
In 1793, Lady Charlotte discovered a double variety of Geranium pratense which she sent to Lady Banks.[6]
She died in Bath on 4 April 1808, unmarried. She was buried in Bath Abbey.[7]
Works
- Book: Murray, Charlotte . A Descriptive Catalogue of Hardy Plants, Indigenous Or Cultivated in the Climate of Great Britain; with Their Generic and Specific Characters, Latin and English Names, Native Country, and Time of Flowering . c. 1799.
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Notes and References
- Book: Shteir, Ann B. . Cultivating women, cultivating science: Flora's daughters and botany in England, 1760-1860 . . 1996 . 67 . 978-0801861758.
- Lady Charlotte Murray
- Book: George, Samantha . 100 . Botany, Sexuality and Women's Writing, 1760-1830: From Modest Shoot to Forward Plant . Samantha George . . 2007 . 978-0719088452.
- Book: The Biographical Dictionary of Women in Science: Pioneering Lives From Ancient Times to the Mid-20th Century. Ogilvie. Marilyn. Harvey. Joy. Marilyn Bailey Ogilvie. Joy Harvey. 2003-12-16. Routledge. 9781135963439. en.
- Noltie. H. J.. 2019-09-30. A Scottish daughter of Flora: Lady Charlotte Murray and her herbarium portabile. Archives of Natural History. en. 46. 2. 298–317. 10.3366/anh.2019.0592. 208599648 . subscription.
- Book: Sowerby, James . James Sowerby . 1797 . 6 . English Botany.
- Book: 277 . Elizabeth L. . Ewan . Sue . Innes . Sian . Reynolds . Rose . 3 . Pipes . The Biographical Dictionary of Scottish Women . . 2007 . 978-0748632930.
