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Talbot, Dorothy Amaury (1871-1916)
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)
Dorothy Amaury
Last name
Talbot
Initials
D.A.
Life Dates
1871 - 1916
Collecting Dates
1909 - 1916
Specification
Plant collector
Groups collected
Spermatophytes
Organisation(s)
BM (main), K
Countries
Tropical Africa: Cameroon, Nigeria
Associate(s)
Macleod, O. (fl. 1910-1911) (co-collector)
Talbot, Percy Amaury (1877-1945) (co-collector, husband)
Talbot, Percy Amaury (1877-1945) (co-collector, husband)
Biography
Pioneering ethnographer of the Ibibios of Southern Nigeria early in the 20th century, who provided a rare female perspective. Plants from the studies were mostly donated to BM. The genus Dorothea Wernham in the Rubiaceae commemorates her name.
References
Hepper, F.N. & Neate, F., Pl. Collectors W. Africa (1971): 77; Vegter, H.I., Index Herb. Coll. M (1976): 485; Vegter, H.I., Index Herb. Coll. T-Z (1988): 989;
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)
Dorothy Amaury
Last name
Talbot
Initials
D.A.
Life Dates
1871 - 1916
Collecting Dates
1909 - 1916
Specification
Plant collector
Groups collected
Spermatophytes
Organisation(s)
BM (main), K
Countries
Tropical Africa: Cameroon, Nigeria
Associate(s)
Macleod, O. (fl. 1910-1911) (co-collector)
Talbot, Percy Amaury (1877-1945) (co-collector, husband)
Talbot, Percy Amaury (1877-1945) (co-collector, husband)
Biography
Pioneering ethnographer of the Ibibios of Southern Nigeria early in the 20th century, who provided a rare female perspective. Plants from the studies were mostly donated to BM. The genus Dorothea Wernham in the Rubiaceae commemorates her name.
References
Hepper, F.N. & Neate, F., Pl. Collectors W. Africa (1971): 77; Vegter, H.I., Index Herb. Coll. M (1976): 485; Vegter, H.I., Index Herb. Coll. T-Z (1988): 989;
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)
Dorothy Amaury
Last name
Talbot
Initials
D.A.
Life Dates
1871 - 1916
Collecting Dates
1909 - 1916
Specification
Plant collector
Groups collected
Spermatophytes
Organisation(s)
BM (main), K
Countries
Tropical Africa: Cameroon, Nigeria
Associate(s)
Macleod, O. (fl. 1910-1911) (co-collector)
Talbot, Percy Amaury (1877-1945) (co-collector, husband)
Talbot, Percy Amaury (1877-1945) (co-collector, husband)
Biography
Pioneering ethnographer of the Ibibios of Southern Nigeria early in the 20th century, who provided a rare female perspective. Plants from the studies were mostly donated to BM. The genus Dorothea Wernham in the Rubiaceae commemorates her name.
References
Hepper, F.N. & Neate, F., Pl. Collectors W. Africa (1971): 77; Vegter, H.I., Index Herb. Coll. M (1976): 485; Vegter, H.I., Index Herb. Coll. T-Z (1988): 989;
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