Person

Macleay, Fanny (1793 - 1836)

Born
9 November 1793
London, England
Died
8 August 1836
Sydney, New South Wales, Australia
Occupation
Botanical artist and Naturalist
Alternative Names
  • Macleay, Frances Leonora (Birth name)

Summary

Fanny Macleay, daughter of noted naturalist Alexander Macleay and sister of entomologist William Sharpe Macleay, was a collector and illustrator of botanical and entomological specimens.

She worked for many years as assistant to her father and was in constant correspondence with her brother on scientific matters.

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Chronology

1826
Life event - Alexander Macleay accepts appointment of colonial secretary, family emigrated to Australia

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Published resources

Encyclopedia of Australian Science and Innovation Exhibitions

  • McCarthy, Gavan; Morgan, Helen; Smith, Ailie; van den Bosch, Alan, Where are the Women in Australian Science?, Exhibition of the Encyclopedia of Australian Science and Innovation, First published 2003 with lists updated regulary edn, Australian Science and Technology Heritage Centre, Melbourne, Victoria, 2003, https://eoas.info/exhibitions/wisa/wisa.html. Details

Books

  • Windschuttle, E., Taste and Science: the Women of the Macleay Family 1790-1850 (Sydney: Historic Houses Trust of New South Wales, 1988), 96 pp. Details
  • Windshuttle, Elizabeth, Taste and science : the women of the Macleay family, 1790-1850 ( Glebe, N.S.W.: Historic Houses Trust of New South Wales, 1988), 96 pp. Details

Resources

See also

  • Hooker, Claire, Irresistible Forces: Australian Women in Science (Carlton: Melbourne University Press, 2004), 215 pp. Details

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