Mary Ann Burnett

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

Illustration of a pineapple by Mary Ann Burnett

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

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. 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.
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