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'''Lady Joan Margaret Legge''' (1885–1939) was a botanist from [[England]] who died on 4 July 1939 while collecting samples at [[Valley of flowers]], India. | '''Lady Joan Margaret Legge''' (1885–1939) was a botanist from [[England]] who died on 4 July 1939 while collecting samples at [[Valley of flowers]], India. | ||
==Early life== | ==Early life== | ||
Joan Margaret Legge was born on 21 February 1885, to [[William Legge, 6th Earl of Dartmouth]] and [[ | Joan Margaret Legge was born on 21 February 1885, to [[William Legge, 6th Earl of Dartmouth]] and [[William Legge, 6th Earl of Dartmouth#Family|Lady Mary Coke]].<ref name=peerage>{{cite web|title=Lady Joan Margaret Legge|url=http://thepeerage.com/p7391.htm|publisher=thepeerage.com|accessdate=7 June 2013}}</ref><ref name=portrait>{{cite web|last=National Portrait Gallery|title=Group in fancy dress for the Shakespeare Memorial National Theatre Ball|url=http://www.npg.org.uk/collections/search/portrait/mw225752/Group-in-fancy-dress-for-the-Shakespeare-Memorial-National-Theatre-Ball?LinkID=mp135420&role=sit&rNo=0#sitter|publisher=npg.org.uk|accessdate=7 June 2013}}</ref> She held the office of [[Justice of the peace#United Kingdom|Justice of Peace]] for [[Staffordshire]].<ref name=peerage/> | ||
==Death== | ==Death== | ||
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==Commemoration== | ==Commemoration== | ||
A new species of ''[[Impatiens]]'', found near the Valley of Flowers, was named as a tribute to Joan Margaret Legge in 2010. It is called ''[[Impatiens leggei]]''. <ref name=leggebalsam>{{cite web|title=Mary Legge's Balsam|url=http://www.flowersofindia.net/catalog/slides/Mary%20Legge's%20Balsam.html|publisher=Flowers of India|accessdate=10 July 2017}}</ref><ref name=taiwania>{{cite web|last=D.K. Singh|first=P.K. Pusalkar|title=Three New Species of Impatiens (Balsaminaceae) from Western Himalaya, India|url=http://tai2.ntu.edu.tw/taiwania/pdf/tai.2010.55.13.pdf|publisher=Taiwania, 55(1): 13-23, 2010}}</ref> | A new species of ''[[Impatiens]]'', found near the Valley of Flowers, was named as a tribute to Joan Margaret Legge in 2010. It is called ''[[Impatiens leggei]]''.<ref name=leggebalsam>{{cite web|title=Mary Legge's Balsam|url=http://www.flowersofindia.net/catalog/slides/Mary%20Legge's%20Balsam.html|publisher=Flowers of India|accessdate=10 July 2017}}</ref><ref name=taiwania>{{cite web|last=D.K. Singh|first=P.K. Pusalkar|title=Three New Species of Impatiens (Balsaminaceae) from Western Himalaya, India|url=http://tai2.ntu.edu.tw/taiwania/pdf/tai.2010.55.13.pdf|publisher=Taiwania, 55(1): 13-23, 2010}}</ref> | ||
==References== | ==References== | ||
Latest revision as of 08:27, 16 April 2022
Lady Joan Margaret Legge (1885–1939) was a botanist from England who died on 4 July 1939 while collecting samples at Valley of flowers, India.
Early life[edit | edit source]
Joan Margaret Legge was born on 21 February 1885, to William Legge, 6th Earl of Dartmouth and Lady Mary Coke.[1][2] She held the office of Justice of Peace for Staffordshire.[1]
Death[edit | edit source]
In 1939 Joan Margaret Legge went to India to study flora of the Valley of Flowers on behalf of the Royal Botanic Gardens, Kew,[3] and while traversing some rocky slopes to collect flowers, she slipped off and lost her life.[4] Her sister came in search of Joan Margaret Legge and built a tomb inside the Valley of Flowers.[5] She died unmarried at the age of 54.[1]
Commemoration[edit | edit source]
A new species of Impatiens, found near the Valley of Flowers, was named as a tribute to Joan Margaret Legge in 2010. It is called Impatiens leggei.[6][7]
References[edit | edit source]
- ↑ 1.0 1.1 1.2 "Lady Joan Margaret Legge". thepeerage.com. Retrieved 7 June 2013.
- ↑ National Portrait Gallery. "Group in fancy dress for the Shakespeare Memorial National Theatre Ball". npg.org.uk. Retrieved 7 June 2013.
- ↑ Edited by Richard W. Butler, and Douglas G.Pearce; Butler, Richard W. (1999). Tourism Development. London: Routledge. p. 205. ISBN 9780203380307.
{{cite book}}:|last=has generic name (help) - ↑ "Valley of Flowers". sikhnet.com. Retrieved 5 June 2013.
- ↑ N. Ulysses and Tabish, Thingnam Girija. "Trek to Valley of Flowers". Flowers of India. Retrieved 5 June 2013.
- ↑ "Mary Legge's Balsam". Flowers of India. Retrieved 10 July 2017.
- ↑ D.K. Singh, P.K. Pusalkar. "Three New Species of Impatiens (Balsaminaceae) from Western Himalaya, India" (PDF). Taiwania, 55(1): 13-23, 2010.