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Last Name Milne

Given Name Grace Anne °

alt. Names G. A. M. ; Grace McCall / G. A. Prestwich / Lady Prestwich ;

Marriage 1. George McCall (+c.1856) wine merchant in 1854; 2. Joseph Prestwich (1812-96) in 1870, wine merchant/geologist

Children James (1855-56)

Year born 1832 Kinloss near Forres, Morayshire, Scotland

Year died 1899

Place of death

Father's occupation shipping merchant James Milne (1798-1853) justice of the peace

Relatives mother: Louisa Falconer (1802-78); uncle: Hugh Falconer (1808-65) botanist palaeontologist; 4 siblings: Margaret, Isabella, Robert, Louisa Eliz.

Education

Country of Activity United Kingdom

Worked for Joseph Prestwich ; Hugh Falconer ; Lady Prestwich: Chapters on Geology (1882) ; Lyell: Principles ;

Patronage explorer bot. palaeont. Hugh Falconer; Leisure Hour; Every Girl's Magazine; Good Words; Mrs. Gardner

Collaborators

Techniques geological and paleontological drawing ; portraiture

Sample(s)

Archival sources Falconer Museum in Forres; Moray Council Museums Service

Published sources LE Milne: Memoir in GA Prestwich Essays 1901:1-70; W Whitaker: Quart J Geol. Soc 1900 56:lxi; JD Mather & I Campbell: GAM in CV Burek & B Higgs eds: Role of Women in History of Geology 2007:251-64;

other 1858 traveling secretary to uncle in France, Italy; popular science authoress; Shoreham near Sevenoaks, Kent, Forres, Edinburgh Oxford, London

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