|
Isabella Gifford
Isabella Gifford (1825–1891) was a Welsh-born botanist. In 1848, she published ''The Marine Botanist,'' a book which focuses on algology. Some of her specimens are in the Ulster Museum. Biography Isabella Gifford was born at Defynnog, Brecknockshire, Wales, in 1825. She was the first child of Isabella Christie and Captain George St John Gifford, who were married the year before. She lived in France, Jersey, and for a time at Falmouth before settling with her parents in Minehead Minehead is a coastal town and civil parish in Somerset, England. It lies on the south bank of the Bristol Channel, north-west of the county town of Taunton, from the boundary with the county of Devon and in proximity of the Exmoor National P ..., Somerset, around 1850. Gifford seems to have been mostly self-taught as a scientist with a variety of family links to science. Her uncles included Dr Thomas Southwood Smith and Richard Cowling Taylor. Studies in botany Isabella Gifford was pri ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Defynnog
Defynnog, also known as Devynock in some historical documents, is a small village in the community of Maescar in the historic county of Brecknockshire, Wales, now lying within the unitary authority area of Powys. It lies immediately south of Sennybridge and about ten miles west of Brecon within the Brecon Beacons National Park. The village An important place in the past, Defynnog lost much of its importance as Sennybridge became more developed. The village (which has also been referred to historically as 'Devynnock') is located in the Brecon Beacons National Park one mile south of Sennybridge, beside the Afon Senni just south of its confluence with the River Usk and where the A4215 road meets the A4065. The Welsh name signifies the 'territory belonging to Dyfwn'. History To the southwest of the village is "Y Gaer", a small oval hillfort with a sub-rectangular annex standing on a ridge. The ramparts and ditches are covered with bracken. The local church, dedicated to Saint Cyn ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
