Anne Brewis

Lady Anne Brewis MBE (26 March 1911 – 31 March 2002),[1][2] daughter of Roundell Cecil Palmer, 3rd Earl of Selborne was an English botanist.

Noar Hill

As a child, Brewis had spent long holidays studying the orchids on Noar Hill,[3] near Selborne. This led her to study the works of Gilbert White, and eventually to a degree in Zoology at Somerville College, Oxford. Her marriage to John Brewis took her to many localities before returning to Hampshire on her husband's retirement.[4] Over the next 27 years, she meticulously catalogued hundreds of species,[5] and co-authored the definitive guide to Hampshire's plant life.[6] Every summer she would organise botanical safaris for local children.

Bibliography
  • The Flora of Hampshire, Bowman P, Brewis A, Mabey R, Rose F. 1996. Harley Books. ISBN 0-946589-34-8. (This 1996 book was preceded by the Flora of Hampshire, 2nd edition, 1904 by Frederick Townsend.)[7]
  • Natural History of Selborne, White G. 1789 (repr: 1977) Penguin London, ISBN 0-14-043112-8 Hampshire(1996).

References
  1. Obituary, The Times, Friday April 12th 2002.
  2. Chapter 6 Lady Anne Brewis MBE 1911-2002
  3. In retirement, Brewis was a warden at this nature reserve for the Hampshire and Isle of Wight Wildlife Trust
  4. See Rev John Salusbury Brewis, (Who's Who 1970 p366- ISBN 0-7136-1140-5)
  5. "Archived copy". Archived from the original on 2007-09-30. Retrieved 2007-03-26.CS1 maint: archived copy as title (link)
  6. Bowman, Brewis et al., 1996
  7. Willis, Arthur J. "Review of The Flora of Hampshire by Anne Brewis, Paul Bowman, and Francis Rose". Botanical Journal of the Linnean Society. 121 (3): 281–282.
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