Illustrations by Emily Sharpe of butterflies collected by F.J. Jackson
Emily Mary Bowdler Sharpe
Born
11 December 1868
Camden Town, London
Died
c. 1928
Nationality
British
Occupation
Entomologist
Known for
Studies of butterflies
Parents
Richard Bowdler Sharpe (father)
Emily Eliza Burrows (mother)
Emily Mary Bowdler Sharpe (1868 – ), was an English entomologist, colourist and illustrator.
Emily Mary Bowdler Sharpe was the eldest of ten daughters[1] of Richard Bowdler Sharpe (1847–1909) and Emily Eliza Sharpe (née Burrows; 1842–1928).[1] She had 11 sisters and one brother[2] who died in infancy.
Along with her sisters, she began her career as a colourist for her father's ornithological books, contributing to the 103 lithographs in Richard Bowdler Sharpe and Claude Wyatt’s Monograph of the Hirundinidaeor Family of Swallows when she was 16.[1]
As an entomologist, she wrote A Monograph of the genus Teracolus (Lepidoptera) and many scientific articles, including the description of new species of butterflies brought back by collectors.[3] The Zoological Society of London notes her as the 'first woman to be the first author' in their Journal of Zoology.[4][5] She undertook freelance work in entomology, mounting insects for Frederick Selous and checking proofs for H.W. Johnston and Charles Chubb.[6] She was also responsible for sorting and labelling her father’s egg collection.[7]
She was employed by the Entomology Department of London's Natural History Museum between 1916 and 1925. By 1925 her eyesight was failing and she was receiving fortnightly payments because of her financial struggles.[1]
The standard author abbreviation Sharpe is used to indicate this person as the author when citing a botanical name.[8]
^ abcdJackson, Christine E. (October 1994). "Richard Bowdler Sharpe and his ten daughters". Archives of Natural History. 21 (3): 261–269. doi:10.3366/ANH.1994.21.3.261.
^"DSI - datatabase of scientific illustrators 1450-1950". dsi.hi.uni-stuttgart.de. Retrieved 17 December 2020.
^Sharpe, Emily Mary (1891). "Descriptions of New Butterflies collected by Mr. F. J. Jackson, F.Z.S., in British East Africa, during his recent Expedition.—Part I." Proceedings of the Zoological Society of London. 59 (2): 187–194. doi:10.1111/j.1096-3642.1891.tb01736.x. ISSN 0370-2774.
^"Celebrating with female artists and illustrators | ZSL". www.zsl.org. Retrieved 11 April 2024.
^"Emily Mary Bowdler Sharpe | The Zoological Society of London". www.zsl.org. Retrieved 11 April 2024.
^Peterson, M. Jeanne (22 May 1989). The Less Noble Sex: Scientific, Religious, and Philosophical Conceptions of Woman's Nature. Indiana University Press. p. 123. ISBN 978-0-253-20830-9.
^Club, British Ornithologists' (1992). Bulletin of the British Ornithologists' Club. British Ornithologists' Club. p. 184.
^International Plant Names Index. Sharpe.
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