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Jex-Blake, Muriel Katherine (1883-1951)
Date Updated: 19 April 2013
Herbarium
Natural History Museum (BM)
Collection
Plant Collectors
Resource Type
Reference Sources
Contributor
Natural History Museum (BM)
First name(s)
Muriel Katherine
Last name
Jex-Blake
Initials
M.K.
Life Dates
1883 - 1951
Collecting Dates
1934 - 1936
Specification
Plant collector
Groups collected
Spermatophytes
Organisation(s)
K
Countries
Tropical Africa: Kenya, Tanzania
Associate(s)
Herbert, M.K. (1883-1951) (née)
Jex-Blake, Arthur John (1873c.1957) (husband)
Jex-Blake, Arthur John (1873c.1957) (husband)
Biography
British settler in Kenya, the daughter of Sir Sidney Herbert (1853-1913) 14th Earl of Pembroke and 11th Earl of Montgomery. She married Dr A.J. Jex-Blake, an internationally renowned physician who specialised in hearts and lungs. They owned a coffee plantation named Kyuna where they created a private botanical garden and co-founded the Kenya Horticultural Society (1923). Lady Muriel published on the flora of Kenya including a popular book illustrated by Joy Adamson.
References
Chaudhri, M.N., Vegter, H.I. & de Bary, H.A., Index Herb. Coll. I-L (1972): 320;
Date Updated: 19 April 2013
Herbarium
Natural History Museum (BM)
Collection
Plant Collectors
Resource Type
Reference Sources
Contributor
Natural History Museum (BM)
First name(s)
Muriel Katherine
Last name
Jex-Blake
Initials
M.K.
Life Dates
1883 - 1951
Collecting Dates
1934 - 1936
Specification
Plant collector
Groups collected
Spermatophytes
Organisation(s)
K
Countries
Tropical Africa: Kenya, Tanzania
Associate(s)
Herbert, M.K. (1883-1951) (née)
Jex-Blake, Arthur John (1873c.1957) (husband)
Jex-Blake, Arthur John (1873c.1957) (husband)
Biography
British settler in Kenya, the daughter of Sir Sidney Herbert (1853-1913) 14th Earl of Pembroke and 11th Earl of Montgomery. She married Dr A.J. Jex-Blake, an internationally renowned physician who specialised in hearts and lungs. They owned a coffee plantation named Kyuna where they created a private botanical garden and co-founded the Kenya Horticultural Society (1923). Lady Muriel published on the flora of Kenya including a popular book illustrated by Joy Adamson.
References
Chaudhri, M.N., Vegter, H.I. & de Bary, H.A., Index Herb. Coll. I-L (1972): 320;
Date Updated: 19 April 2013
Herbarium
Natural History Museum (BM)
Collection
Plant Collectors
Resource Type
Reference Sources
Contributor
Natural History Museum (BM)
First name(s)
Muriel Katherine
Last name
Jex-Blake
Initials
M.K.
Life Dates
1883 - 1951
Collecting Dates
1934 - 1936
Specification
Plant collector
Groups collected
Spermatophytes
Organisation(s)
K
Countries
Tropical Africa: Kenya, Tanzania
Associate(s)
Herbert, M.K. (1883-1951) (née)
Jex-Blake, Arthur John (1873c.1957) (husband)
Jex-Blake, Arthur John (1873c.1957) (husband)
Biography
British settler in Kenya, the daughter of Sir Sidney Herbert (1853-1913) 14th Earl of Pembroke and 11th Earl of Montgomery. She married Dr A.J. Jex-Blake, an internationally renowned physician who specialised in hearts and lungs. They owned a coffee plantation named Kyuna where they created a private botanical garden and co-founded the Kenya Horticultural Society (1923). Lady Muriel published on the flora of Kenya including a popular book illustrated by Joy Adamson.
References
Chaudhri, M.N., Vegter, H.I. & de Bary, H.A., Index Herb. Coll. I-L (1972): 320;
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