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Brockedon, William (1787–1854), painter, writer, and inventor  

Nicholas Alfrey

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Published in print:
23 September 2004
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23 September 2004

Brockedon, William (1787–1854), painter, writer, and inventor, was born on 13 October 1787 in Totnes, Devon, and baptized there on 12 November, the only child of Philip Brockedon (d. 1802), watchmaker, and his wife, Mary (d. 1837). Brockedon was educated at a private school in ...

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Dallas, Elmslie William (1809–1879), painter and mathematician  

James Dallas

revised by Suzanne Fagence Cooper

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23 September 2004
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23 September 2004

Dallas, Elmslie William (1809–1879), painter and mathematician, the second son of William Dallas and his wife, Sarah Day, and a descendant of Alexander Dallas of Cantray, Inverness-shire was born in London on 27 June 1809. He became a student at the Royal Academy Schools...

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Grierson, Mary Anderson (1912–2012), botanical artist  

Ghillean T. Prance

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07 January 2016

Grierson, Mary Anderson (1912–2012), botanical artist, was born on 27 September 1912 at Bodfaen, Craig Y Don Road, Bangor, Caernarvonshire, the youngest of three children of Scottish parents from Dumfries, George Rae Grierson (1872–1935), laundry proprietor, and his wife, Anna, née Shortridge (1876–1945)...

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Gwillim [née Symonds], Elizabeth, Lady Gwillim (1763–1807), painter, ornithologist, and naturalist legal writer and judge  

Anna Winterbottom

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09 June 2022

Gwillim [née Symonds], Elizabeth, Lady Gwillim (1763–1807), painter, ornithologist, and naturalist, was born on 20 April 1763 in Hereford, where she was baptized at St John the Baptist’s, Hereford Cathedral, on 23 May 1763, the third daughter of Thomas Symonds (...

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Pallis, Marietta (1882–1963), ecologist, painter, and author  

Laura Cameron and David Matless

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23 September 2004
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23 September 2004

Pallis, Marietta (1882–1963), ecologist, painter, and author, was born on 26 October 1882 in Bombay, the first of the five children of Julia Ralli (1857–1940) and her scholar–poet husband, Alexander Pallis (1850–1935), a member of the Greek trading firm Ralli Brothers. The family left ...

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Scott, Sir Peter Markham (1909–1989)  

Maker: Howard Coster

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23 September 2004
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23 September 2004
Sir Peter Markham Scott (1909–1989) by Howard Coster, 1944 © National Portrait Gallery, London

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Scott, Sir Peter Markham (1909–1989), painter, ornithologist, and broadcaster  

Paul Walkden

revised

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23 September 2004
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23 September 2004

Scott, Sir Peter Markham (1909–1989), painter, ornithologist, and broadcaster, was born at 174 Buckingham Palace Road, London, on 14 September 1909, the only child of Captain Robert Falcon Scott (1868–1912), Antarctic explorer, and his wife, (Edith Agnes) Kathleen Scott (1878–1947), sculptor, daughter of ...

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Stewart, William Arnold (1882–1953), exponent of modern technical education in the Middle East and painter  

Jaromir Malek

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23 September 2004
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23 September 2004

Stewart, William Arnold (1882–1953), exponent of modern technical education in the Middle East and painter, was born on 17 July 1882 in Ilkley, Yorkshire, the youngest of four children (two sons and two daughters) of John Reich Stewart, who was of Scottish descent, and his wife, ...