Lady Joan Margaret Legge JP (1885–1939) was an English botanist who had a fatal accident while collecting samples in the Valley of Flowers in India.
Legge was born on 21 February 1885 to William Legge, 6th Earl of Dartmouth, and Lady Mary Coke. [1] [2] She held the office of Justice of Peace for Staffordshire. [1]
In 1939 Legge went to India to study flora in the Valley of Flowers on behalf of the Royal Botanic Gardens, Kew. [3] While traversing some rocky slopes to collect flowers, she slipped off and lost her life. [4] She died unmarried at the age of 54. [1]
Legge's sister came in search of her and built a tomb in the Valley of Flowers. [5]
In 2010 a new species of Impatiens found near the Valley of Flowers was named Impatiens leggei as a tribute to Legge. [6] [7]
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Lady Joan Margaret Legge JP (1885–1939) was an English botanist who had a fatal accident while collecting samples in the Valley of Flowers in India.
Legge was born on 21 February 1885 to William Legge, 6th Earl of Dartmouth, and Lady Mary Coke. [1] [2] She held the office of Justice of Peace for Staffordshire. [1]
In 1939 Legge went to India to study flora in the Valley of Flowers on behalf of the Royal Botanic Gardens, Kew. [3] While traversing some rocky slopes to collect flowers, she slipped off and lost her life. [4] She died unmarried at the age of 54. [1]
Legge's sister came in search of her and built a tomb in the Valley of Flowers. [5]
In 2010 a new species of Impatiens found near the Valley of Flowers was named Impatiens leggei as a tribute to Legge. [6] [7]
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