Mary Ann Burnett (died 18 December 1856) was a British

botanist Botany, also called , plant biology or phytology, is the science of plant life and a branch of biology. A botanist, plant scientist or phytologist is a scientist who specialises in this field. The term "botany" comes from the Ancient Greek wo ...

, author and editor.

Life and work

Burnett was the illustrator and editor of ''Illustrations of Useful Plants employed in the Arts and Medicine'' (1839–40). Some of the text was written by her brother

Gilbert Thomas Burnett Gilbert Thomas Burnett (15 April 1800 – 27 July 1835) was a British botanist. Burnett was the first professor of botany at King's College London, from 1831 to 1835. He was the author of ''Outlines of Botany'' (1835), and ''Illustrations of Us ...

. Subsequent editions from 1840 onwards name Mary Ann as the author. Burnett dedicated the 1842 edition of the book to her patron, Miss Minshull. Burnett died at

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, London, in December 1856 "after a long and painful illness".

Burnett gallery

A lily (Lilium species); flower and leaves. Coloured zincogr Wellcome V0043971ER.jpg, A lily (Lilium species) Breadfruit (Artocarpus altilis); fruiting stem with separate Wellcome V0043949.jpg, Breadfruit (Artocarpus altilis) Cardamom plant (Elettaria cardamomum); rootstock sprouting l Wellcome V0043959.jpg, Cardamom plant (Elettaria cardamomum) Chinese or Turkish rhubarb (Rheum palmatum); flowering and f Wellcome V0043961.jpg, Chinese or Turkish rhubarb (Rheum palmatum) Cinchona plant (Cinchona officinalis); flowering stem and fl Wellcome V0043951.jpg, Cinchona plant (Cinchona officinalis) Clove tree (Syzygium aromaticum); flowering stem and separat Wellcome V0043953EL.jpg, Clove tree (Syzygium aromaticum) Cuckoo-pint (Arum maculatum); spathe and spadix with hairs a Wellcome V0043968.jpg, Cuckoo-pint (Arum maculatum) Fly agaric fungus (Amanita muscaria); three fruiting bodies, Wellcome V0043966.jpg, Fly agaric fungus (Amanita muscaria) Liquorice plant (Glycyrrhiza glabra); flowering stem and flo Wellcome V0043955ER.jpg, Liquorice plant (Glycyrrhiza glabra) Melon (Cucumis melo); stem with large fruit and flowers. Col Wellcome V0043952.jpg, Melon (Cucumis melo) Opium poppy (Papaver somniferum); white flowers, seed Wellcome L0004686.jpg, Opium poppy (Papaver somniferum) Peepul tree (Ficus religiosa); fruiting stem. Coloured litho Wellcome V0043954.jpg, Peepul tree (Ficus religiosa) Pineapple (Ananas comosus); large fruit on the end of a leaf Wellcome V0043948.jpg, Pineapple (Ananas comosus) Quince (Cydonia oblonga); fruit, flowers and sectioned fruit Wellcome V0043973EL.jpg, Quince (Cydonia oblonga) Flag iris (Iris x germanica); flower and rhizome with some l Wellcome V0043956.jpg, Flag iris (Iris x germanica) Breadfruit (Artocarpus altilis); fruiting stem, leaf, fruit Wellcome V0043967.jpg, Breadfruit (Artocarpus altilis) White hellebore (Veratrum album); flowering stem, bulb and l Wellcome V0043964.jpg, White hellebore (Veratrum album)

Selected publications

* Burnett, M. A. (1842). ''Plantae utiliores: or illustrations of useful plants, employed in the arts and medicine'' (Vol. 1). Whittaker & Company. *

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{{DEFAULTSORT:Burnett, Mary Ann 19th-century British botanists 1856 deaths Place of birth missing British women botanists