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Anna Maria Hussey

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181: 20: 231:"A basket is in the first place needful, and if the student should leave home without one, a profusion of lovely and rare objects will be certain to strew his path; in which case there are but two alternatives, to dissect on the spot, always an imperfect operation, or to carry away the spoil in hat or handkerchief, when on arrival at home, a heterogeneous mass of caps, stems, etc., presents itself— 204:. Hussey's approach to mycology came from the artistic end, rather than from the scientific fields of systematics, field work, or microscopy. She and her sister made watercolour paintings of some of the species they encountered and in 1847 a number of Hussey's illustrations were published as plates in 156:
During her most creative period, she maintained an active and candid correspondence with her mycological mentor, Reverend M. J. Berkley, which provides many details of her daily life and work. In his lifetime, Berkeley described over 6,000 new species of fungi. He assisted Hussey with identifications
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is not simply a taxonomic litany of fungi. It is instead a catalog of Anna's experiences with, and knowledge of, fungi. She hoped that her work would inspire future mushroom enthusiasts, especially young people. To that end, she provided instructions on hunting and caring for specimens caught in the
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of Leckhampstead, and Anna Maria Dayrell. We know little about Anna's childhood or education. Her father, a rector, probably encouraged an interest in science as part of her home schooling. There were plenty of books around the home, since Anna's father collected Bibles printed in various languages.
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Hussey was a strong willed woman who approached her personal researches with an enthusiasm that she did not quite feel for her role as a clergyman's wife. She resisted when she was called upon by "every old woman in the parish" and she chafed at her husband's reminders of her duties.
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where she was admitted by her son, John Garda Hussey, twelve days before. The medical register and subsequent autopsy indicate that she was suffering from delirium tremens caused by prolonged use of alcoholic liquor, and died from a stroke.
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In recent years, Anna Maria Hussey has attracted attention as a Victorian, female, scientific illustrator and was one of twelve such artists featured in a 2005 'Women's Work' exhibition staged in the United States by the
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and she supplied him with specimens. She was also acquainted with Charles Badham, a scholar of classical literature, and mycologist M. C. Cooke, who cites Hussey in his 1875
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Her sisters Henrietta (1807–60) and Frances (1810–72) stimulated an interest in botany and art, although Anna's diaries indicate that at first she was intrigued by geology.
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and scientist in his own right. They had six children, one of whom was also given the name Anna Maria Hussey. Only two survived to adulthood.
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At the same time, she produced (as Mrs T. J. Hussey) the first volume of an ambitious and expensive work entitled
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Cultivating women, cultivating science : Flora's daughters and botany in England, 1760-1860
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after "my friend, Mrs Hussey, whose talents well deserve such a distinction" (though the later
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Cultivating Women, Cultivating Science: Flora’s Daughters and Botany in England, 1760–1860
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Shteir, A.B. (1996). Correspondence from Anna Maria Hussey to Miles Joseph Berkeley in
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In the 1840s, she contributed writings (possibly including a romantic serial) to
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Anna Maria Hussey had an interest in natural history and knew
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Agaricus squarrosus (now known as Pholiota squarrosa) from
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Morchella esculenta illustrated by Anna Maria Hussey
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Johns Hopkins University Press. 292:Recent exhibition and publications 92:mycologist, scientific illustrator 14: 538:Illustrations of British mycology 494:Illustrations of British Mycology 303:Missouri Botanical Garden Library 283:Hussey died on 26 August 1853 at 263:Illustrations of British Mycology 221:Illustrations of British mycology 217:Illustrations of British Mycology 176:Collecting and illustrating fungi 145:, Kent, who was a well-connected 25:Illustrations of British mycology 535:Hussey, Anna Maria (1847–1855). 308:Dictionary of National Biography 601:19th-century British biologists 238:Berkeley named a fungal genus 127:Leckhampstead, Buckinghamshire 59:Leckhampstead, Buckinghamshire 1: 606:19th-century English writers 159:Fungi: Their Nature and Uses 125:Anna Maria Reed was born in 492:Hussey, A.M. (1847-1855). 117:, writer, and illustrator. 642: 273:Royal Botanic Gardens, Kew 161:and called her "friend". 523:London Journal of Botany 407:http://www.oxforddnb.com 377:womenswork.lindahall.org 356:The People of Tingewick 447:Shteir, Ann B. 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mycologist
Leckhampstead, Buckinghamshire
rector
Thomas John Hussey
Hayes
astronomer

Charles Darwin
Down House
Frances Reed
Miles Joseph Berkeley
Charles David Badham
J. Agardh
Jessie Hussey
conserved
agaric
Cortinarius reediae
Royal Botanic Gardens, Kew
Charenton
Linda Hall Library
Missouri Botanical Garden Library
Dictionary of National Biography



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