Gertrude Clarke Nuttall (15 August 1867 – 4 May 1929)[1] was a British botanist and science writer. She was one of the first women to take a degree in botany.[2] She is best known as the author of the text for Wild Flowers as they Grow (1911), a book with colored photographs by H. Essenhigh Corke.[1]
Life
editGertrude Clarke was born on 15 August 1867 at 1 Charles Street, Humberstone Gate, Leicester, to surgeon Dr. Julius St. Thomas Clarke and his wife.[3] She was one of the first women to take a degree in botany,[2] however, it is not known in which British university she was educated.[4]
In 1893, Clarke married Dr. Charles Nuttall in Leicester.[1][5]
Gertrude Clarke Nuttall wrote many semipopular botanical articles, and in collaboration with H. Essenhigh Corke published Wild Flowers as they Grow (1911), Trees and how they Grow (1913), and Beautiful Flowering Shrubs (1920). Each of three works ran to several editions.[1]
During World War I, she went to France with the British Red Cross and was in charge of recreation huts there.[1]
Gertrude Clarke Nuttall died on 4 May 1929 in St. Albans, Hertfordshire, aged 61.[4]
Works
editReferences
edit- ^ a b c d e Creese, Mary R. S. (1 January 2000). Ladies in the Laboratory? American and British Women in Science, 1800-1900: A Survey of Their Contributions to Research. Scarecrow Press. p. 47. ISBN 978-0-585-27684-7.
- ^ a b Desmond, Ray (25 February 1994). Dictionary Of British And Irish Botanists And Horticulturists Including plant collectors, flower painters and garden designers. CRC Press. p. 523. ISBN 978-0-85066-843-8.
- ^ "Birth". Leicester Chronicle. Vol. 57. 17 August 1867. p. 8. OCLC 751646543. Retrieved 12 October 2023 – via British Newspaper Archive.
- ^ a b Ogilvie, Marilyn; Harvey, Joy (16 December 2003). The Biographical Dictionary of Women in Science: Pioneering Lives From Ancient Times to the Mid-20th Century. Routledge. ISBN 978-1-135-96342-2.
- ^ England, Leicestershire Parish Registers, 1533-1991. familysearch.org. Accessed 9 August 2023.
- ^ Nuttall, G. Clarke; British Medical Association (1905). Guide to Leicester and neighbourhood. Leicester: Edward Shardlow, the Chromo Press. OCLC 450222495.
- ^ Nuttall, G. Clarke (1906). French prisoners in England: a side-light on the wars of Napoleon. London. OCLC 40311958.
{{cite book}}: CS1 maint: location missing publisher (link) - ^ Nuttall, G. Clarke; Corke, H. Essenhigh (1911). Wild flowers as they grow, photographed in colour direct from nature. London; New York: Cassell and Company, Ltd. OCLC 1513771.
- ^ Nuttall, G. Clarke (1923). Trees and how they grow. London: Cassell and Company, Limited. OCLC 628074740.
- ^ Nuttall, Gertrude Clarke; Corke, H. Essenhigh (1922). Beautiful flowering shrubs. London; New York: Cassell & Co. OCLC 596150895.