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Last Name De la Beche Nicholl
Given Name Mary °
alt. Names M. d. l. B. N. ; nickname Minnie / born Dillwyn / Mary De la Beche/ Mary de la Bêche Nicholle ;
Marriage John Cole Nicholl of Merthyr Mawr (1824-1894) in 1860
Children 6 children: 3 boys and 3 girls ; see www.dsthorne.com/tree/gtp2246.html
Year born 1839
Year died 1922
Place of death
Father's occupation naturalist Lewis Llewelyn Dillwyn; Elizabeth De la Beche (known as Bessie), daughter of geologist ->Henry De la Beche
Relatives naturalist grandfather Lewis Weston Dillwyn (1778-1855), owner of the Cambrian Pottery in Swansea; uncle John Dillwyn Llewelyn, photography pioneer
Education
Country of Activity Wales, UK
Worked for
Patronage mentor H. J. Elwes (1846-1922), also a collector of butterflies ; her collection of butterflies was given to Royal Institution at Swansea
Collaborators
Techniques zoological and entomological drawing ; hand-colouring
Sample(s)
Archival sources http://welshjournals.llgc.org.uk/browse/viewpage/llgc-id:1225327/llgc-id:1225929/llgc-id:1225971/getText
Published sources A. R. Walker: The Dillwyns as naturalists: M. de la Beche Nicholl (1839-1922) butterfly collector, Minerva 10(2002): 36-40 ; Gilbert 2000: 25-6 ; Grandmother extraordinary (1979) ;
other Further Places of Activity: United Kingdom; also trips to Europe, and Canada.
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