Anne Elizabeth Ball
Anne Elizabeth Ball | |
|---|---|
 Left to Right Robert, Anne, Bent and Mary Ball | |
| Born | 1808 |
| Died | 1872 (aged 63–64) Dublin, Ireland |
| Scientific career | |
| Fields | Algology, botany |
Anne Elizabeth Ball (1808–1872) was an Irish
botanical illustrator. Born in Cobh 1808, Ball was a sister of naturalist Robert Ball and zoologist Mary Ball (1812–1898). The siblings became interested in natural history through the passion of their father, Bob Stawell Ball.[2]
Background
In 1818, Anne Ball moved from her birthplace of
hydroids to William Thompson and these were published in volume four of The Natural History of Ireland in 1856.[1]
Legacy
Ball died at home in Belmont Avenue, Dublin, in 1872. Her extant collections were later housed in the herbaria at
Royal (later Irish National) Botanic Gardens, Glasnevin, which acquired her drawings of seaweeds and fungi; at the Ulster Museum; and her letters and plants at Kew Gardens[1][2] The specimens deposited at Kew Gardens were, most likely, transferred to the Natural History Museum, London around 1961 under the terms of the Morton Agreement.[5]
References
- ^ doi:10.1093/ref:odnb/56445. Retrieved 19 October 2012. (Subscription or UK public library membershiprequired.)
- ^ ISBN 9780203801451. Retrieved 19 October 2012.
- ^ Ó Nuallain, Fiann (27 February 2016). "A look back on Cobh's horticultural heroine, Anne Elizabeth Ball". Irish Examiner. Retrieved 27 August 2019.
- ISBN 978-1-57607-090-1.
- ^ "Ball, Anne Elizabeth (1808–1872)". JStor Plant Science. Retrieved 19 October 2012.
External links
- Botanical specimens collected by Anne Elizabeth Ball, Botanical Society of the British Isles
