Louisa Isabella Chaulk Baudinet, also known as Lucy Baudinet or Miss Baudinet (7 April 1825 – 13 February 1901) was an Australian botanical collector.
Life
Louisa Isabella Chaulk Baudinet was born on 7 April 1825 in London to William Chaulk (later Baudinet) (c.1799–1865), and Augusta Louisa née Baudinet (1805–1873).
She was the second of twelve children in the family.
In 1829, the family migrated to Western Australia, and in 1831 to Tasmania.
In 1838–1847, Baudinet's father was the first lighthouse keeper on
Bruny Island
Bruny Island ( Nuenonne: Lunawanna-alonnah) is a island located off the south-eastern coast of Tasmania, Australia. The island is separated from the Tasmanian mainland by the D'Entrecasteaux Channel, and its east coast lies within the Tasman S ...
, and in 1848–1865, on
Deal Island in the Kent Group.
After the death of her parents, Baudinet lived with her siblings and never married.
Baudinet collected specimens on
Swan Island,
where she lived with a brother who was lighthouse keeper there
in 1869, and at
Cape Portland
Cape Portland, officially Luemerrernanner / Cape Portland, is both a geographical feature and a locality near the north-eastern tip of Tasmania, Australia. The cape points west across Ringarooma Bay, where the Ringarooma River empties into the ...
and
Clarke Island, 1883–1885.
Her collections, approximately 114, have been lodged mainly at
MEL
Mel, Mels or MEL may refer to:
Biology
* Mouse erythroleukemia cell line (MEL)
* National Herbarium of Victoria, a herbarium with the Index Herbariorum code MEL
People
* Mel (given name), the abbreviated version of several given names (including ...
, with others at
HO and
NSW
)
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. Swedish botanist
Jacob Agardh identified Baudinet's algal specimens for
Mueller
Mueller may refer to:
People
* Mueller (surname), a surname German in origin
Places Antarctica
* Mount Mueller (Antarctica)
Australia
* Mueller College, in Queensland
* Mount Mueller (Victoria)
*Mueller Park, in Western Australia
* Mueller Rive ...
.
Louisa Isabella Chaulk Baudinet died on 13 February 1901 in Hobart, Tasmania at the New Town Charitable Institution of senilis.
Further reading
* Baudinette, M. (1990)
The Baudinet story: the story of the descendants of the Baudinet and Baudinette families 1777-1930s Warrnambool.
References
1825 births
1901 deaths
Australian women botanists
Botanical collectors active in Australia
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