Age, Biography and Wiki
Birth Day | March 16, 1799 |
Birth Place | England |
Age | 220 YEARS OLD |
Died On | Jun 9, 1871 (age 72) |
Birth Sign | Pisces |
Net worth: $6 Million (2024)
About
Remembered for her pioneering botanical and photographic publication Photographs of British Algae: Cyanotype Impressions, she is also notable for her collaborations with Anne Dixon on several photographic books about ferns.
Before Fame
During her childhood years, she received an advanced scientific education and perfected her artistic skills by creating shell engravings.
Trivia
She may have been the first female Photographer in history, though some sources confer this honor upon her friend Constance Talbot.
Family Life
The daughter of Anne Children and prominent natural scientist John George Children, she spent her youth in Kent, England. She married John Pelly Atkins in the mid 1820s.
Associated With
She was a friend of Astronomer and photographic process Inventor John Herschel.