Anna Thynne

Anna Thynne[1][2]

Anna Thynne with her daughters Selina and Emily
Born 1806[1]
Walford, Waterford, Ireland[3]
Died 22 April 1866
Citizenship British
Nationality British
Fields zoology
Known for marine zoology
Spouse Lord John Thynne (1798–1881)

Anna Thynne (née Beresford 1806–1866) was a British marine zoologist. She built the first stable sustained marine aquarium in 1846 and maintained corals and sponges for over three years.[4] She was married to Lord John Thynne (1798–1881; as such she was entitled to the style "Lady John Thynne"), a Canon and Sub-Dean of Westminster Abbey, and the third son of Thomas Thynne, 2nd Marquess of Bath.

Publications

"On the increase of Madrepores". Annals and Magazine of Natural History (London: Taylor and Francis) 3 (29): 449–461. 1859. 

References

  1. 1 2 Stott, Rebecca, Theatres of Glass: The woman who brought the sea to the city, Short Books, 2003.
  2. Lundy, Darryl. "Person Page 2413". thePeerage.com.
  3. "Anne Constantia Thynne (Beresford; c.1800 - 1866)". Geni.
  4. William Atford LLoyd (1876). "Aquaria : their Past, Present, and Future". The American Naturalist (Cambridge, MA: The Riverside Press) X: 615. doi:10.1086/271750.


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