Rachel Ford Thompson

Rachel Ford Thompson (31 August 1856 – 9 December 1906) was an English botanist and temperance activist.

Rachel Ford Thompson's records

The daughter of Quaker botanist Silvanus Thompson (1818–1881) and Bridget Tatham,[1] Her father was the headteacher at the Quaker school in York. She was born in York. From 1882 to 1893, she studied flora in Yorkshire. She aided Frederick Janson Hanbury with his studies of Hieracia. She contributed to F.A. Lees' Flora of West Yorkshire and Cardale Babington's Manual of British Botany.[2][3]

She was also an active member of the Women's Temperance Union.[2]

Thompson died in Southport at the age of 50.[2]

Her brother Sylvanus P. Thompson was a physics professor and electrical engineer.[1]

References

"Thompson, Silvanus (1818 - 1881)". Natural History Biographies.
Ogilvie, Marilyn; Harvey, Joy (2003). The Biographical Dictionary of Women in Science: Pioneering Lives From Ancient Times to the Mid-20th Century. pp. 2191–92. ISBN 1135963428.
Desmond, Ray (1994). Dictionary Of British And Irish Botanists And Horticulturists Including plant collectors, flower painters and garden designers. p. 680. ISBN 0850668433.

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[natstand-1] "Thompson, Silvanus (1818 - 1881)". Natural History Biographies.

[ogilvie-2] Ogilvie, Marilyn; Harvey, Joy (2003). The Biographical Dictionary of Women in Science: Pioneering Lives From Ancient Times to the Mid-20th Century. pp. 2191–92. ISBN 1135963428.

[3] Desmond, Ray (1994). Dictionary Of British And Irish Botanists And Horticulturists Including plant collectors, flower painters and garden designers. p. 680. ISBN 0850668433.