Elizabeth Andrew Warre

Résumé du livre

Wewere curious about the house in Tregew, Flushing, we moved into in 2000 as it had not one but two datestones of I Richards 1806. An internet search for "Tregew 1806" brought up a book called The Life and Letters of the late Admiral Sir Bartholomew James Sulivan KC, 1810-1890, by his son Henry Norton Sulivan, 1896; and at the beginning it states 'I was born at Tregew in the parish of Mylor' . Ah, we thought. £10 well spent. On page 51 we read: 'The plants sent home [from the Falklands] were arranged by Miss Warren, a lady botanist who lived at Flushing; Lindley [head of Royal Horticultural Society] also examined them'. Who ?? And up came an Elizabeth Andrew Warren, an eminent algologist living in Flushing, corresponding with William J Hooker, a Professor of Botany in Glasgow. We were hooked! And a whole exciting venture began. We explored her family, friends and the whole intricate connectivity of Cornwall with the world of botanical exploration and classification in the nineteenth century.