Mary Ann Burnett
Illustration of a pineapple by Mary Ann Burnett
Died18 December 1856
London, England
NationalityBritish
Occupation(s)Botanist, author and editor

Mary Ann Burnett (died 18 December 1856) was a British botanist, author and editor.

Life and work

Burnett was the illustrator and editor of Illustrations of Useful Plants employed in the Arts and Medicine (1839–40).[1] Some of the text was written by her brother Gilbert Thomas Burnett.[2] Subsequent editions from 1840 onwards name Mary Ann as the author.[3][4] Burnett dedicated the 1842 edition of the book to her patron, Miss Minshull.[5]

Burnett died at Fitzroy Square, London, in December 1856 "after a long and painful illness".[6][7]

Selected publications

  • Burnett, M. A. (1842). Plantae utiliores: or illustrations of useful plants, employed in the arts and medicine[8] (Vol. 1). Whittaker & Company.
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References

  1. ↑ Matthew, H. C. G.; Harrison, B., eds. (23 September 2004). "The Oxford Dictionary of National Biography". Oxford Dictionary of National Biography (online ed.). Oxford University Press. pp. ref:odnb/4073. doi:10.1093/ref:odnb/4073. Retrieved 23 May 2020. (Subscription or UK public library membership required.)
  2. ↑ "Births Marriages Deaths". The Spectator Archive. The Spectator. 27 December 1856. Retrieved 20 November 2017.
  3. ↑ Burnett, M. A. (1840). Plantae utiliores ; or illustrations of useful plants, employed in the arts and medicine. Vol. Part 1. London: Whittaker. Retrieved 23 May 2020.
  4. ↑ Burnett, M. A. (1850). Plantae utiliores ; or illustrations of useful plants, employed in the arts and medicine. Vol. IV. London: Whittaker. Retrieved 23 May 2020.
  5. ↑ Burnett, M. A.; Burnett, Gilbert T. (1842). Plantæ utiliores : or illustrations of useful plants, employed in the arts and medicine, Vol. I. London: Whittaker & Co. Retrieved 23 May 2020.
  6. ↑ "Deaths". The Times. 24 December 1856.
  7. ↑ "Obituary". Gentleman's Magazine, or Monthly Intelligencer: 251. 1857. Retrieved 23 May 2020.
  8. ↑ Burnett, M. A. (1842). Plantæ Utiliores: Or Illustrations of Useful Plants, Employed in the Arts and Medicine. Whittaker & Company.
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