Susan Fereday (botanical artist)

Susan Fereday (née Apthorpe) (1815, Leicestershire, England – 21 October 1878, Sale, Victoria, Australia)[1] was an algologist, botanical illustrator, artist and Sunday school teacher who made scientifically significant collections of botany specimens in Tasmania, Australia.[2] She was also a talented artist known for her accurate paintings of the local flora of Tasmania.[3]

For the photographic artist, see Susan Fereday.

Susan Fereday
Born1815
Leicestershire, England
Died21 October 1878
Sale, Victoria, Australia
Other namesSusan Georgina Marianne Apthorpe
Known forthe study of algae and scientific illustration
Spouse(s)Rev. John Fereday
ChildrenElizabeth Henty Fereday
Scientific career
Fieldsalgology and botany

Life
Eucalyptus viminalis by Susan Fereday

Fereday was born Susan Georgina Marianne Apthorpe in Leicestershire, England in 1815. She married in 1837 and emigrated with her husband to Australia aboard the Aden in 1846.[4] Fereday lived in "The Grove" in George Town, Tasmania and used the local flora as inspiration for her paintings.[3] Fereday exhibited her art at the Melbourne Intercolonial Exhibition of 1866-1867.[4]

Nemastoma feredayae by William Henry Harvey

Fereday was also a keen collector of algae specimens and established a scientifically significant collection. William Henry Harvey named two species after Fereday to honour her contribution to the study of algae, Dasya feredayae and Nemastoma feredayae.[5][3]

Fereday Place in the Canberra suburb of Conder is named in her honour.[6]

Family

Fereday married her husband the Reverend John Fereday in 1837 and had six children with him.[4]

References
  1. "Fereday, Susan, 1815-1878". nla.gov.au. National Library of Australia. Retrieved 21 April 2017.
  2. "Fereday, Susan (1810-1878)". Trove. National Library of Australia. Retrieved 5 March 2017.
  3. Norton, Leonie (2009). Women of Flowers: Botanical Art in Australia from the 1830s to the 1960s. Canberra: National Library of Australia. pp. 48–57. ISBN 9780642276834.
  4. "Susan Fereday". www.cpbr.gov.au. Australian National Herbarium. Retrieved 5 March 2017.
  5. Hooker, Joseph Dalton (1844–1860). The botany of the Antarctic voyage of H.M. discovery ships Erebus and Terror in the Years 1839-1843 :under the command of Captain Sir James Clark Ross. London: Reeve Brothers. Retrieved 5 March 2017.
  6. "National Memorial Ordinance 1928 Determination of Nomenclature Australian Capital Territory National Memorials Ordinance 1928 Determination of Nomenclature". Commonwealth of Australia Gazette. Periodic (National : 1977 - 2011). 31 August 1988. p. 1. Retrieved 8 January 2020.

See also

List of Australian botanical illustrators

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