Maria Elizabetha Jacson
Early 19thC English botanist and author / From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
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Maria Elizabetha Jacson (1755 – 10 October 1829) was an eighteenth-century English writer, as was her sister, Frances Jacson (1754–1842), known for her books on botany at a time when there were significant obstacles to women's authorship. In some sources her name appears as Maria Jackson, Mary Jackson or Mary Elizabeth Jackson.[notes 1] She spent most of her life in Cheshire and Derbyshire, where she lived with her sister following her father's death.
Maria Elizabetha Jacson | |
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Born | 1755 |
Died | 10 October 1829(1829-10-10) (aged 53–54) Chelford, Cheshire, England |
Nationality | English |
Occupation(s) | Writer, botanist |
Known for | Botanical writings (Linnaean) |
Notable work | Botanical Lectures By A Lady |
Parent(s) | Rev. Simon Jacson, Anne Fitzherbert |
Relatives | Frances Jacson (sister) |
Social conventions of the time obliged her to publish anonymously. She was influenced by Erasmus Darwin at a time when the new but controversial sexual classification of plants proposed by Linnaeus was becoming known in England. She published four books on the topic.