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词条 Louisa Lane Clarke
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  1. Early life

  2. Scientific contributions

  3. Death

  4. References

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Louisa Lane Clarke (1812– November 8, 1883) was a British botanist and travel writer, best known for her microscopy work on plants.

Early life

Louisa Lane was born in 1812 in the Channel Islands, the eldest daughter of Major-General Ambrose Lane and Elizabeth Lane, née Le Mesurier. On 14 September 1841, Lane married the Revd. Thomas Clarke (c.1805 – 1864), Rector of Woodeaton, Oxfordshire. They then relocated to East Bergholt, Suffolk.[1][2]

Louisa Lane Clarke wrote numerous travel guides including:

  • Recollections and Legends of Serk[3]
  • Redstone’s Guernsey Guide[4]
  • The Country Parson’s Wife[5]
  • The New Parish Church of St. Ann (1850)
  • The Island of Alderney[6]

Scientific contributions

Louisa Lane Clarke is best known for her later botanical work popularizing microscopy.[7]

Louisa Lane Clarke's scientific works include:

  • The Microscope: Being a Popular Description of the Most Instructive and Beautiful Subjects for Exhibition[8] was published in successive editions into the 1880s.
  • The Common Seaweeds of the British Coast and Channel Islands; with Some Insight into the Microscopic Beauties of Their Structure and Fructification[9]

Death

Her husband died in 1864 and she had relocated to Guernsey with her daughter by the following year. She died in L'Hyvreuse, Guernsey.[7][1]

References

1. ^{{cite web |last1=www.wlv.ac.uk |first1=Ben Colbert, University of Wolverhampton, |title=Louisa Lane (Author) {{!}} British Travel Writing |url=http://www4.wlv.ac.uk/btw/authors/1086 |website=www4.wlv.ac.uk |publisher=University of Wolverhampton |accessdate=22 August 2018 |language=en}}
2. ^{{cite web |url=https://www.priaulxlibrary.co.uk/articles/article/guernsey-folk-lore |title=Guernsey Folk Lore |work=The Priaulx Library}}
3. ^{{cite book |last1=Lane |first1=L |title=Recollections and Legends of Serk |date=1840 |publisher=General Books LLC |isbn=978-1151565020 |pages=24 }}
4. ^{{cite book |last1=Lane |first1=L |title=Redstone's Guernsey Guide, or, the Stranger's Companion for the Island of Guernsey |date=1841 |publisher=BiblioLife |isbn=978-0554810768 }}
5. ^{{cite book |last1=Lane |first1=L |title=The Country Parson's Wife; Being Intended as a Continuation of and Companion for Herbert's Country Parson |date=1842 |isbn=978-1290758246 }}
6. ^{{cite book |last1=Lane |first1=L |title=The Island of Alderney |date=1851 |isbn=978-1375537322 }}
7. ^{{cite book |url=https://books.google.ca/books?id=thmPzIltAV8C&pg=PA150 |pages=150–51 |last1=Desmond |first1=Rey |title=Dictionary of British and Irish Botanists and Horticulturists including Plant Collectors and Botanical Artists. |date=1977 |publisher=Taylor & Francis |isbn=9780850660890 }}
8. ^{{cite book |last1=Lane Clark |first1=L |title=The microscope: being a popular description of the most instructive and beautiful subjects for exhibition |date=1858 |isbn=978-1314715385 }}
9. ^{{cite book |last1=Lane Clark |first1=L |title=The Common Seaweeds of the British Coast and Channel Islands: With Some Insight Into the Microscopic Beauties of Their Structure and Fructification |date=1865 |publisher=Forgotten Books |isbn=978-1527815667 }}
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