Susan Fereday ( née Apthorpe) (1815, Leicestershire, England – 21 October 1878, Sale, Victoria, Australia) [1] was an algologist, botanical illustrator, artist and Sunday school teacher who made scientifically significant collections of botany specimens in Tasmania, Australia. [2] She was also a talented artist known for her accurate paintings of the local flora of Tasmania. [3]
Fereday was born Susan Georgina Marianne Apthorpe in Leicestershire, England in 1815, to Freder Apthorp and Susan Athorp, née Hubbard. [4] She married John Fereday in London on 29 December 1836 and emigrated with her husband to Australia aboard the Aden on 5 November 1845. [4] The couple arrived at what was then Van Diemen's Land on 26 February 1846. [4] Fereday lived in "The Grove" in George Town, Tasmania and used the local flora as inspiration for her paintings. [3] Fereday exhibited her art at the Melbourne Intercolonial Exhibition of 1866-1867. [5] She was part of the Tasmanian contingent of this exhibition alongside fellow botanical artist Louisa Anne Meredith. [4]
Fereday was also a keen collector of algae specimens and established a scientifically significant collection. William Henry Harvey named two species after Fereday to honour her contribution to the study of algae, Dasya feredayae and Nemastoma feredayae. [6] [3]
Fereday Place in the Canberra suburb of Conder is named in her honour. [7]
Fereday married her husband the Reverend John Fereday in 1837 and had six children with him. [5] She moved to Sale, Victoria to live with her daughter and son-in-law after John's death in 1871.
Sketchbook 1831-1834, Germany, Italy etc, National Library of Australia
[Sketchbook] / [Susan Fereday], National Library of Australia
Scrap book and sketches, National Library of Australia
List of Australian botanical illustrators
Susan Fereday ( née Apthorpe) (1815, Leicestershire, England – 21 October 1878, Sale, Victoria, Australia) [1] was an algologist, botanical illustrator, artist and Sunday school teacher who made scientifically significant collections of botany specimens in Tasmania, Australia. [2] She was also a talented artist known for her accurate paintings of the local flora of Tasmania. [3]
Fereday was born Susan Georgina Marianne Apthorpe in Leicestershire, England in 1815, to Freder Apthorp and Susan Athorp, née Hubbard. [4] She married John Fereday in London on 29 December 1836 and emigrated with her husband to Australia aboard the Aden on 5 November 1845. [4] The couple arrived at what was then Van Diemen's Land on 26 February 1846. [4] Fereday lived in "The Grove" in George Town, Tasmania and used the local flora as inspiration for her paintings. [3] Fereday exhibited her art at the Melbourne Intercolonial Exhibition of 1866-1867. [5] She was part of the Tasmanian contingent of this exhibition alongside fellow botanical artist Louisa Anne Meredith. [4]
Fereday was also a keen collector of algae specimens and established a scientifically significant collection. William Henry Harvey named two species after Fereday to honour her contribution to the study of algae, Dasya feredayae and Nemastoma feredayae. [6] [3]
Fereday Place in the Canberra suburb of Conder is named in her honour. [7]
Fereday married her husband the Reverend John Fereday in 1837 and had six children with him. [5] She moved to Sale, Victoria to live with her daughter and son-in-law after John's death in 1871.
Sketchbook 1831-1834, Germany, Italy etc, National Library of Australia
[Sketchbook] / [Susan Fereday], National Library of Australia
Scrap book and sketches, National Library of Australia
List of Australian botanical illustrators