Anne Brewis

Noar Hill

Lady Anne Brewis MBE (26 March 1911 – 31 March 2002),[1][2] daughter of Roundell Cecil Palmer, 3rd Earl of Selborne was an English botanist. As a child, Brewis had spent long holidays studying the orchids on Noar Hill,[3] near Selborne. This led her to study the works of Gilbert White, and eventually to a degree in Zoology at Somerville College, Oxford. Marriage took her to many localities before returning to Hampshire on her husband's retirement.[4] Over the next 27 years, she meticulously catalogued hundreds of species,[5] and co-authored the definitive guide to Hampshire's plant life.[6] Every summer she would organise botanical safaris for local children.

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  1. Obituary, The Times, Friday April 12th 2002.
  2. Chapter 6 Lady Anne Brewis MBE 1911-2002
  3. In retirement, Brewis was a warden at this nature reserve for the Hampshire and Isle of Wight Wildlife Trust
  4. See Rev John Salusbury Brewis, (Who's Who 1970 p366- ISBN 0-7136-1140-5)
  5. http://www.hants.gov.uk/museum/biology/plants/vascular.html
  6. Bowman, Brewis et al., 1996
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