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Margaret Bushby Lascelles Cockburn (2 July 1829 – 26 March 1928) was an artist and amateur
Pictures from the Natural History Museum
Gravestone from the Kotagiri cemetery
Indian women painters 1928 deaths 1829 births Indian ornithologists 20th-century Indian painters Women ornithologists People from Salem, Tamil Nadu 20th-century Indian women artists 19th-century Indian painters 19th-century Indian women artists 19th-century Indian zoologists 20th-century Indian zoologists Painters from Tamil Nadu Women artists from Tamil Nadu 20th-century women painters {{India-artist-stub
ornithologist
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who lived in the Nilgiris in Tamil Nadu
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, India
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.
Early life
She was born inSalem
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(then in Madras Presidency
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, British India
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) to M. D. Cockburn, who at that time was the Collector of Salem district. The family initially visited Kotagiri
Kotagiri or Kothagiri is a taluk and a Panchayat town in The Nilgiris District in the Indian state of Tamil Nadu. It is the third largest hill station in the Nilgiri hills.
Kotagiri is located at . It has an average elevation of .
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in summer but settled permanently around 1855 at "Hope Park".
Career
Cockburn experimented on tea planting at Alports Estate and made numerous observations on local natural history and many of these were reported in the works of Allan Octavian Hume. She also made paintings of local birds and flora. TheNatural History Museum, London
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, produced a diary in 2002 with illustrations made by her of the fauna and flora of the Kotagiri
Kotagiri or Kothagiri is a taluk and a Panchayat town in The Nilgiris District in the Indian state of Tamil Nadu. It is the third largest hill station in the Nilgiri hills.
Kotagiri is located at . It has an average elevation of .
Demographi ...
region. A collection of butterflies was also bequeathed to the Natural History Museum.
She set up the first school for Badagas and contributed towards the construction of a church at Kotagiri in 1867 which was later taken over by the Basel Mission.
Death
She died on 26 March 1929.
Legacy
A subspecies of ''Anthus similis'' from the Nilgiri region was named after her, but this is no longer considered valid.References
External links
Pictures from the Natural History Museum
Gravestone from the Kotagiri cemetery
Indian women painters 1928 deaths 1829 births Indian ornithologists 20th-century Indian painters Women ornithologists People from Salem, Tamil Nadu 20th-century Indian women artists 19th-century Indian painters 19th-century Indian women artists 19th-century Indian zoologists 20th-century Indian zoologists Painters from Tamil Nadu Women artists from Tamil Nadu 20th-century women painters {{India-artist-stub