Helena Scott

Not to be confused with Helena Scott (politician).

Helena Scott
Helena Scott
Born(1832-04-11)11 April 1832
Sydney, Australia
Died24 November 1910(1910-11-24) (aged 78)
Harris Park, NSW, Australia
Other namesHelena Forde
Known forNatural history illustration
SpouseEdward Forde
Parents
RelativesHarriet Morgan (sister)
Fruit-piercing moth, Eudocima phalonia
Plate from James Charles Cox's Monograph of Australian Land Shells

Helena "Nellie" Scott (1832 Sydney – 1910) was an Australian illustrator of natural history. She was also a botanical collector who collected a number of type specimens.[1][2] She and her sister Harriet Morgan (1830–1907) were the daughters of the Australian entomologist Alexander Walker Scott.[3]

  1. ^ Cite error: The named reference maroske was invoked but never defined (see the help page).
  2. ^ Finney, Vanessa (2023), Putting Nature in its Place: The Australian Museum, 1826 to 1890, Ph.D. Dissertation, Department of History and Philosophy of Science, University of Sydney.
  3. ^ Gray, Nancy (1976). "Scott, Helena (1832–1910)". Australian Dictionary of Biography. Australian National University. Retrieved 21 April 2019.