Louisa Atkinson | |
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Born | Caroline Louisa Waring Atkinson 25 February 1834 Oldbury, near Sutton Forest, New South Wales, Australia |
Died | 28 April 1872 Swanton, near Sutton Forest, New South Wales, Australia | (aged 38)
Other names | Caroline Calvert, L.A., L.C. |
Occupation(s) | Botanist, journalist, novelist, illustrator |
Spouse | James Snowden Calvert |
Children | 1 |
Caroline Louisa Waring Calvert (née Atkinson; 25 February 1834 – 28 April 1872) was an early Australian writer, botanist and illustrator. While she was well known for her fiction during her lifetime, her long-term significance rests on her botanical work.[1] She is regarded as a ground-breaker for Australian women in journalism and natural science, and is significant in her time for her sympathetic references to Aboriginal Australians in her writings and her encouragement of conservation.