Ellen Hutchins | |
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| Born | 17 March 1785 Ballylickey House, Bantry Bay, County Cork, Ireland |
| Died | 9 February 1815 (aged 29) |
| Resting place | Bantry churchyard, County Cork, Ireland |
| Citizenship | British, Irish |
| Known for | Finding plants new to science, collections of specimens, plant identification, botanical drawings. |
| Scientific career | |
| Fields | Botany especially algae, mosses, liverworts, and lichens |
| Institutions | County Cork, Ireland |
Ellen Hutchins (1785–1815) was an early Irish botanist. She specialised in seaweeds, lichens, mosses and liverworts. She is known for finding many plants new to science, identifying hundreds of species, and for her botanical illustrations in contemporary publications. Many plants were named after her by botanists of the day.[1]