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Last Name Praeger

Given Name Sophia Rosamond °

alt. Names S. R. P. ; S. Rosamund Praeger ;

Marriage

Children

Year born 1867 in Holywood, County Down

Year died 1954

Place of death

Father's occupation linen exporter from The Hague

Relatives botanist, engineer and librarian Robert Lloyd Praeger (1865-1953) (brother)

Education Sullivan Upper School, Belfast School of Art, Slade School of Art London; art at Paris

Country of Activity Ireland

Worked for Robert Lloyd Praeger: Open-Air Studies in Botany ; Robert Lloyd Praeger: Sketches British Wild-Flowers (1901) ; Robert Lloyd Praeger: Weeds Simple lessons for Children (1913) ;

Patronage

Collaborators photographer Robert John Welch ;

Techniques botanical pen-and-ink, and line drawing ; sculpting

Sample(s)

Archival sources National Botanic Gardens Glasnevin ;

Published sources AKL ; S. R. P. in: That Woman! 2005: 239-55 ; Dict. Ulster Biog ; Butler 2000: chapter 1 ;

other Unitarian upbringing; botanical illustration; children's books author and illustrator

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