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Mary Townsend
Mary Townsend may refer to: * Mary Townsend (entomologist) (1814–1851), American abolitionist and entomologist * Mary Townsend (artist) Mary Townsend (1822 – 31 December 1869) was an artist and an early English settler in Canterbury, New Zealand. Townsend emigrated to Canterbury from England in 1850 with her parents, nine siblings and a cousin. Her father was James Townsend ( ... (1822–1869), New Zealand artist * Mary Ashley Townsend (1836–1901), American poet * Mary Elizabeth Townsend (1841–1918), British philanthropist and co-founder of the "Girls' Friendly Society" * Mary Townsend Seymour (1876–1957), African-American politician {{hndis, Townsend, Mary ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Mary Townsend (entomologist)
Mary Townsend (May 14, 1814 – July 8, 1851) was an early American science writer and abolitionist. Born into a prominent Philadelphia Quaker family, she, her parents, and her siblings were educated at the Westtown School. From childhood, Townsend had an interest in insects. She conducted various studies and experiments, examining specimens under a microscope and evaluating their habits. Because illness and the loss of her sight kept her confined to her bed, Townsend taught herself how to write with a braille-like card. In 1844, she published ''Life in the Insect World: or, Conversations upon Insects, between an Aunt and Her Nieces'', which became popular and influential, particularly in influencing other women to pursue science. With her sister Hannah, she also wrote ''The Anti-Slavery Alphabet'', which was published in 1846. Aimed at a juvenile audience, the work taught children the alphabet, using words that would help them develop both a political consciousness and an unde ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Mary Townsend (artist)
Mary Townsend (1822 – 31 December 1869) was an artist and an early English settler in Canterbury, New Zealand. Townsend emigrated to Canterbury from England in 1850 with her parents, nine siblings and a cousin. Her father was James Townsend (1788–1866), whose first home in Canterbury gave its name to the Christchurch suburb of Ferrymead. They arrived at Lyttelton on the ''Cressy'', one of Canterbury's First Four Ships. She had already had some years of art training in England before emigrating, and on arrival she continued to paint. She specialised in portraits, and her portrait of the Chairman of the Colonists' Association (her husband, Dr Donald) was exhibited in Christchurch in 1852. Townsend also produced drawings and watercolours of Lyttelton, one of which was used to illustrate the Canterbury Association's ''Canterbury Papers'' ''1850–1851.'' In 1870, Townsend's work was included in the first art exhibition held in Christchurch, staged by the Canterbury Provincial C ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Mary Ashley Townsend
Mary Ashley Townsend (pen name, Xariffa; 1836 – June 7, 1901) was an American poet and writer. She was the first American invited to join the "Liceo Hidalgo", a prestigious Mexican literary club. Biography Mary Ashley Van Voorhis was born in Lyons, New York in 1836 Rutherford, Mildred Lewis, The South in history and literature', The Franklin-Turner Company, Atlanta GA., 1907. Retrieved September 18, 2011 (some sources say 1832).Cairns, William B., A history of American literature', Oxford University Press, 1916, page 436. Retrieved September 18, 2011 She was educated in her native town and married Gideon Townsend, of New Orleans, Louisiana. She began to write for publication in about 1856 and, under the pen-name of "Xariffa", earned a reputation as the author of "Quillotypes", a series of humorous papers that appeared in the New Orleans "Delta" and were widely copied by the southern and western press. Her other works are ''The Brother Clerks'' (1859), ''Poems'' (1870), ''The ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Mary Elizabeth Townsend
Mary Elizabeth Townsend (23 July 1841 - 14 June 1918) was a British philanthropist and co-founder of the Girls' Friendly Society. Early life Mary Elizabeth Butler was born in Kilkenny, then part of the United Kingdom of Great Britain and Ireland, into a family embedded in the Church of Ireland (i.e. not the Catholic Church). Her father Robert Butler was vicar of St John's Church in that city and chaplain to the Earl of Ormond. Her mother was Grace Hamilton, daughter of another minister, James Hamilton of Trim, County Meath. James ran a school, and took in and educated his nephew, Grace's cousin, and Mary's first cousin once removed, William Rowan Hamilton. William was a mathematical prodigy, who eventually became Royal Astronomer of Ireland. Mary's parents died when she was a young child and she was raised in England by her father's sisters. Early philanthropy Aged 21, she married an artist and botanist almost twice her age, Frederick Townsend (1823–1905), also of a clerg ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
