Rachel Ford Thompson (31 August 1856 – 9 December 1906) was an English botanist and temperance activist.
Rachel Ford Thompson | |
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| Born | 31 August 1856 York, North Yorkshire, England |
| Died | 9 December 1906 (aged 50) Southport, Merseyside, England |
| Nationality | English |
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| Parent(s) | Silvanus Thompson Bridget Tatham |
| Relatives | Silvanus P. Thompson (brother) |
The daughter of Quaker botanist Silvanus Thompson (1818–1881) and Bridget Tatham,[1] Her father was the headteacher at the Quaker school in York. She was born in York. From 1882 to 1893, she studied flora in Yorkshire. She aided Frederick Janson Hanbury with his studies of Hieracium. She contributed to F.A. Lees' Flora of West Yorkshire[2] and Cardale Babington's Manual of British Botany,[3][4] in which she developed "an entirely fresh account of the genus" Hieracium.[5]
She was also an active member of the Women's Temperance Union.[3]
Thompson died in Southport at the age of 50.[3]
Her brother Sylvanus P. Thompson was a physics professor and electrical engineer.[1]
References edit
- ^ a b "Thompson, Silvanus (1818 - 1881)". Natural History Biographies.
- ^ Lees, Frederic Arnold (1888). The Flora of West Yorkshire: With a Sketch of the Climatology and Lithology in Connection Therewith. Lovell Reeve.
- ^ a b c Ogilvie, Marilyn; Harvey, Joy (2003). The Biographical Dictionary of Women in Science: Pioneering Lives From Ancient Times to the Mid-20th Century. pp. 2191–92. ISBN 1135963428.
- ^ Desmond, Ray (1994). Dictionary Of British And Irish Botanists And Horticulturists Including plant collectors, flower painters and garden designers. p. 680. ISBN 0850668433.
- ^ Babington, Charles Cardale (21 February 2013). Manual of British Botany. p. x. ISBN 978-1108055666.