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 English AACR2 Anglo-American Cataloguing Rules Person created 2006-09-25 human Annette Alafaci updated 2025-10-29 human https://www.eoas.info/biogs/P004758b.htm person Fountaine Margaret Elizabeth AACR2 1862 1940 Place of Birth England Lepidopterist Entomological artist Margaret Elizabeth Fountaine was one of the most prolific and famous butterfly collectors of her time. She not only collected the butterflies but breed them so she could study their lifecycle. Fountaine became an expert in tropical butterfly life cycles and was a talented artist who made many detailed and beautiful watercolours of her specimens. In 1890 Fountaine left her sedate family life in the United Kingdom to travel the world in search of butterflies. She travelled extensively through Europe, America, India and South Africa before coming to Queensland, Australia in 1914 where she remained until 1917. Fountaine's collection of close to 22,000 butterflies, including 153 specimens from Queensland, were bequeathed to the Castle Museum in Norwich, UK.

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 'Fountaine, Margaret Elizabeth', in Encyclopedia of Australian Science and Innovation, Centre for Transformative Innovation, Swinburne University of Technology Fountaine, Margaret Elizabeth Swinburne University of Technology, Centre for Transformative Innovation Encyclopedia of Australian Science and Innovation Edited Book: Brilliant Careers: Women Collectors and Illustrators in Queensland McKay, Judith Brilliant Careers: Women Collectors and Illustrators in Queensland Brisbane Queensland Museum 1997 Book: Wild and Fearless: the life of Margaret Fountaine Scott-Stokes, Natascha Wild and Fearless: the life of Margaret Fountaine Peter Owen Ltd 2006