Elizabeth and Mary Kirby
Elizabeth Kirby (1823–1873) and
Mary Kirby (later
Mary Gregg, 1817–1893) were successful English writers and illustrators of books for children and books on natural science. Mary Kirby is known particularly for leading the
crowd-sourced Flora of Leicestershire and Elizabeth for her children's books. They both had a lifelong writing partnership that
popularised science. Mary is thought to be one of the first British woman to publish a scientific study of the
flora of her county in the nineteenth century.
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