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Lucy Hardcastle
Lucy Hardcastle ( 1771–1834) was a British botanist and teacher who ran a school in Derby. She was the author of ''An Introduction to the Elements of the Linnaean System of Botany, for Young Persons'', published in 1830. Early and family life Lucy Swift was born in Derby around 1771, the second child of Lamech and Dorothy Swift. Her father was initially a clerk to the collector of excise but later ran the Derby Silk Mill as a Silk throwing, silk throwster where silk thread was prepared for weaving. As a child or young person she was friendly with Erasmus Darwin's illegitimate daughters and she was instructed, alongside them, by Darwin. This early education began her interest in botany. She married John Hardcastle, a grocer and tea dealer in Birmingham, in January 1792, but as a consequence of illness, bereavements, and the failure of her husband's business, the couple returned to Derby with their two children. Botanical and education career To support the family through her ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Derby
Derby ( ) is a City status in the United Kingdom, city and Unitary authorities of England, unitary authority area on the River Derwent, Derbyshire, River Derwent in Derbyshire, England. Derbyshire is named after Derby, which was its original county town. As a unitary authority, Derby is administratively independent from Derbyshire County Council. The population of Derby is (). The Romans established the town of Derventio Coritanorum, Derventio, which was later captured by the Anglo-Saxons and then by the Vikings who made one of the Five Boroughs of the Danelaw. Initially a market town, Derby grew rapidly in the industrial era and was home to Lombe's Mill, an early British factory and it contains the southern part of the Derwent Valley Mills World Heritage Site. With the arrival of the railways in the 19th century, Derby became a centre of the Rail transport in Great Britain, British rail industry. Despite having a Derby Cathedral, cathedral since 1927, Derby did not gain City ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
