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Anne Mary Perceval
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'''Anne Mary Perceval''' (January 14, 1790 – November 23, 1876) was an English-born botanist and author in [[Lower Canada]].<ref></ref>
The daughter of [[Sir Charles Flower, 1st Baronet|Sir Charles Flower]], Lord Mayor of London, she was born '''Anne Mary Flower'''. She married Michael Henry Perceval, the son of [[Spencer Perceval]], and came to [[Quebec City]] in 1810 when her husband was named customs collector. In 1815, with her husband, she acquired [[Government House (Quebec)|Spencer Wood]], where she established an important garden of native plants. She identified about 150 species of plant species from her collection to [[William Jackson Hooker]], who included them in his ''Flora boreali-americana, or, the botany of the northern parts of British America''. She also corresponded with botanist [[John Torrey]].<ref name=ogilvie></ref><ref name=shtier/>
She returned to Britain in 1828 following the death of her husband and died at [[Stornoway]] on the [[Isle of Lewis]] at the age of 86.<ref name=ogilvie/><ref></ref><ref name=shtier/>
Plants which she collected are included in Canadian and American [[natural history]] collections,<ref name=ogilvie/> as well as collections in Paris and London.<ref name=shtier></ref>
== References ==
[[Category:1790 births]]
[[Category:1876 deaths]]
[[Category:Canadian botanists]]
[[Category:English botanists]]
The daughter of [[Sir Charles Flower, 1st Baronet|Sir Charles Flower]], Lord Mayor of London, she was born '''Anne Mary Flower'''. She married Michael Henry Perceval, the son of [[Spencer Perceval]], and came to [[Quebec City]] in 1810 when her husband was named customs collector. In 1815, with her husband, she acquired [[Government House (Quebec)|Spencer Wood]], where she established an important garden of native plants. She identified about 150 species of plant species from her collection to [[William Jackson Hooker]], who included them in his ''Flora boreali-americana, or, the botany of the northern parts of British America''. She also corresponded with botanist [[John Torrey]].<ref name=ogilvie></ref><ref name=shtier/>
She returned to Britain in 1828 following the death of her husband and died at [[Stornoway]] on the [[Isle of Lewis]] at the age of 86.<ref name=ogilvie/><ref></ref><ref name=shtier/>
Plants which she collected are included in Canadian and American [[natural history]] collections,<ref name=ogilvie/> as well as collections in Paris and London.<ref name=shtier></ref>
== References ==
[[Category:1790 births]]
[[Category:1876 deaths]]
[[Category:Canadian botanists]]
[[Category:English botanists]]
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