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MARIANNE NORTH (1830—1890)

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Originally appearing in Volume V19, Page 759 of the 1911 Encyclopedia Britannica.
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MARIANNE

NORTH (1830—1890)  ,
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English naturalist and flower-painter, was born at Hastings on the 24th of
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October 183o, the eldest daughter of a Norfolk landowner, descended from Roger North (16J3-1734) . She trained as a vocalist under Madame Sainton Dolby, but her voice failed, and she then devoted herself to
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painting flowers . After the
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death of her
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mother in 1855 she constantly travelled with her
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father, who was then member of parliament for Hastings; and on his death in 1869 she resolved to realize her early ambition of painting the
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flora of distant countries . In 1871-1872 with this
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object she went to
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Canada, the
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United States and
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Jamaica, and spent a yearin Brazil, where she did much of her
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work at a hut in the depths of a
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forest . In 1875, after a few months at Teneriffe, she began a journey round the
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world, and for two years was occupied in painting the flora of California,
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Japan,
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Borneo,
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Java and
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Ceylon . The
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year 1878 she spent in India, and after her return she exhibited a number of her drawings in
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London . Her subsequent offer to
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present the collection to the botanical gardens at
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Kew, and to erect a gallery for their reception, was accepted, and the new buildings, designed by James Ferguson, were begun in the same year . At Darwin's
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suggestion she went to
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Australia in 188o, and for a year painted there and in New Zealand . Her gallery at Kew was opened in 1882 . In 1883, after a visit by her to South Africa, an additional
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room was opened at the Kew gallery, and in 1884-1885 she worked at
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Seychelles and in Chile .
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Miss North died at Alderly in Gloucestershire on the 3oth of August 189o . The scientific accuracy with which she represented plant
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life in all parts of the world gives her work a permanent value .

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