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Auriol Batten
Auriol Ursula Luyt Batten (née Taylor) (2 March 1918, in Pietermaritzburg – 2 June 2015, in East London) was a South African botanical illustrator. Auriol Batten obtained a B.Sc. in botany at the University of Natal in Pietermaritzburg, and studied art at the Durban Technical College. She settled in East London after her marriage and began painting wild flowers. She was co-illustrator with her cousin, Hertha Bokelmann, of 'Wild Flowers of the Eastern Cape Province' (1966) and 'Wild Flowers of the Tsitsikama' (1967). She painted all the illustrations for her own book 'Flowers of Southern Africa' (1986), and donated the originals to the nation, to be kept at the National Botanical Institute in Pretoria. Auriol Batten received a gold medal from the Royal Horticultural Society for her illustrations in 'Flowers of Southern Africa' and an honorary doctorate from Rhodes University. Named in her honour were the plants '' Lachenalia aurioliae'', ''Albuca batteniana ''Albuca' ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
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Auriol may refer to: People * Didier Auriol (b. 1958), French rally driver and World Rally Champion * George Auriol, alias of Jean-Georges Huyot (1863–1938), French poet, songwriter, painter, graphic designer, illustrator, and type designer * Hubert Auriol (1952–2021), French racing driver and former director of the Paris-Dakar Rally * Jacqueline Auriol, ''née'' Jacqueline Douet (1917–2000), French aviator who set several world speed records * Peter Auriol, also known as Pierre Auriol and Petrus Aureolus ( – 1322), medieval Franciscan theologian and philosopher * Vincent Auriol (1884–1966), French politician who served as first President of the Fourth Republic from 1947 to 1954 Other uses * Auriol, Bouches-du-Rhône, a town in southern France * Auriol, Mississippi, fictitious home of Blanche DuBois in the film '' A Streetcar Named Desire'' * '' Auriol'', a novel by William Harrison Ainsworth * Auriol (typeface) Auriol is a display typeface created by George Auriol ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
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Auriol may refer to: People * Didier Auriol (b. 1958), French rally driver and World Rally Champion * George Auriol, alias of Jean-Georges Huyot (1863–1938), French poet, songwriter, painter, graphic designer, illustrator, and type designer * Hubert Auriol (1952–2021), French racing driver and former director of the Paris-Dakar Rally * Jacqueline Auriol, ''née'' Jacqueline Douet (1917–2000), French aviator who set several world speed records * Peter Auriol, also known as Pierre Auriol and Petrus Aureolus ( – 1322), medieval Franciscan theologian and philosopher * Vincent Auriol (1884–1966), French politician who served as first President of the Fourth Republic from 1947 to 1954 Other uses * Auriol, Bouches-du-Rhône, a town in southern France * Auriol, Mississippi, fictitious home of Blanche DuBois in the film '' A Streetcar Named Desire'' * '' Auriol'', a novel by William Harrison Ainsworth * Auriol (typeface) Auriol is a display typeface created by George Auriol ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Pietermaritzburg
Pietermaritzburg (; Zulu: umGungundlovu) is the capital and second-largest city in the province of KwaZulu-Natal, South Africa. It was founded in 1838 and is currently governed by the Msunduzi Local Municipality. Its Zulu name umGungundlovu is the name used for the district municipality. Pietermaritzburg is popularly called Maritzburg in Afrikaans, English and Zulu alike, and often informally abbreviated to PMB. It is a regionally important industrial hub, producing aluminium, timber and dairy products, as well as the main economic hub of Umgungundlovu District Municipality. The public sector is a major employer in the city due to local, district and provincial governments located here. The city has many schools and tertiary education institutions, including a campus of the University of KwaZulu-Natal. It had a population of 228,549 in 1991; the current population is estimated at over 600,000 residents (including neighbouring townships) and has one of the largest populatio ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
East London, Eastern Cape
East London ( xh, eMonti; af, Oos-Londen) is a city on the southeast coast of South Africa in the Buffalo City Metropolitan Municipality of the Eastern Cape province. The city lies on the Indian Ocean coast, largely between the Buffalo River (Eastern Cape), Buffalo River and the Nahoon River, and hosts the country's only river port. , East London had a population of over 267,000 with over 755,000 in the metropolitan area. History Early history John Bailie, one of the 1820 Settlers, surveyed the Buffalo River (Eastern Cape), Buffalo River mouth and founded the town in 1836. There is a memorial on Signal Hill commemorating the event. The city formed around the only river port in South Africa and was originally known as Port Rex. Later it was renamed London in honour of the capital city of the United Kingdom, hence the name East London. This settlement on the West Bank was the nucleus of the town of East London, which was elevated to city status in 1914. During the early to mi ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
University Of Natal
The University of Natal was a university in the former South African province Natal which later became KwaZulu-Natal. The University of Natal no longer exists as a distinct legal entity, as it was incorporated into the University of KwaZulu-Natal on 1 January 2004. It was founded in 1910 as the Natal University College in Pietermaritzburg and expanded to include a campus in Durban in 1931. In 1947, the university opened a medical school for non-white students in Durban. The Pietermaritzburg campus was known for its agricultural engineering programmes, hence the nickname "the farmers" whilst the Durban campus was known as "the engineers," as it concentrated on other engineering programmes. The Council of the University of Natal voted on 31 May 2002 to offer the post of Vice-Chancellor and University Principal to world-renowned medical scientist and former Medical Research Council President - Professor Malegapuru Makgoba who assumed office on the 1 September 2002. He was entrus ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Hertha Bokelmann
Hertha Ludovica Bokelmann (née Faekle) (22 August 1915 Barcelona - 10 February 2005) was a Spanish-born South African botanist and botanical illustrator. She was trained in horticulture and botany at the Technical High School in Ulm, Germany. Arriving in South Africa in June 1937, she worked for a year at the Botanical Garden of Stellenbosch University. She collected plant specimens which were passed on to the British Museum, while some 600 specimens, mainly from the Eastern Cape and Tsitsikama, are housed at the Compton Herbarium of Kirstenbosch National Botanical Garden. Bokelmann is best known for sharing the illustrating with her cousin by marriage, Auriol Batten, of 'Wild Flowers of the Eastern Cape Province' (1966) and 'Flowering Plants of the Tsitsikama Forest and Coastal National Park' (1967). Work on the latter book resulted in a close friendship with co-author Marjorie Courtenay-Latimer, who had retired to a farm in the Tsitsikama and had become interested in botany. ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
