Lucretia Breazeale Hamilton
Lucretia Breazeale Hamilton | |
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Born | Lucretia Breazeale March 27, 1908 East Falls Church, Arlington County, Virginia |
Died | June, 1986 |
Nationality | American |
Occupation | botanical illustrator |
Years active | 1940–1982 |
Known for | cacti and grass illustrations |
Lucretia Breazeale Hamilton (1908–1986) was an American
Biography
Lucretia Breazeale was born on March 27, 1908, in East Falls Church,
Hamilton, who had trained as a botanist, became an illustrator, because she was asked to provide drawings for some of her college professor's scientific articles, due to her detailed renderings.
Hamilton and her husband were founding members of the Tucson Native Plant Society[3] and she remained active in the organization until her death in June, 1986 in Pima, Arizona.[10] Posthumously, Hamilton was honored with a scholarship named for her granted to qualified students at the University of Arizona;[11] a new Desert Willow cultivar named 'Lucretia Hamilton' her honor in 1998;[7] and was inducted into the Arizona Women's Hall of Fame in 2006.[1]
References
- ^ a b c d e f "Lucretia Breazeale Hamilton". Phoenix, Arizona: Arizona Women's Hall of Fame. 2006. Retrieved 23 December 2015.
- ^ S2CID 85962947. Retrieved 23 December 2015.
- ^ a b Miller, Horace (Fall 1990). "In Memorium" (PDF). The Plant Press. 14 (2). Tucson, Arizona: The Arizona Native Plant Society: 12. Retrieved 23 December 2015.
- ^ "Lucretia Breazeale Hamilton (1908–1986)". The Sonoran Desert Florilegium Program. Tucson, Arizona: Tucson Cactus and Succulent Society. 2009. Archived from the original on 29 April 2015. Retrieved 23 December 2015.
- ^ a b c "Lucretia Breazeale Hamilton". Tucson, Arizona: Botanical Art of the Sonoran Desert. 2013. Retrieved 23 December 2015.
- ^ "Illustrated Guide to Arizona Weeds". UAPress. 12 July 2017. Retrieved 22 April 2022.
- ^ "Lucretia Hamilton". FamilySearch. Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints. June 1986. Retrieved 23 December 2015.
- ^ "Louis P. and Lucretia Hamilton Scholarship". Ecology and Evolutionary Biology. Tucson, Arizona: University of Arizona. Retrieved 23 December 2015.