P004930 revised AU-VU:EOAS Encyclopedia of Australian Science and Innovation

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 English AACR2 Anglo-American Cataloguing Rules Person created 2012-01-30 human Rebecca Rigby updated 2025-10-29 human https://www.eoas.info/biogs/P004930b.htm person Macleay Fanny AACR2 Macleay, Frances Leonora 9 November 1793 8 August 1836 Place of Birth London, England Place of Death Sydney, New South Wales, Australia Botanical artist Naturalist Fanny Macleay, daughter of noted naturalist Alexander Macleay and sister of entomologist William Sharpe Macleay, was a collector and illustrator of botanical and entomological specimens. She worked for many years as assistant to her father and was in constant correspondence with her brother on scientific matters. 1826 1826 Life event - Alexander Macleay accepts appointment of colonial secretary, family emigrated to Australia McLeay, Alexander (1767 - 1848)

Fanny was the daughter of Alexander and sister of George and William Sharpe Macleay

 Macleay, William Sharp (1792 - 1865) Macleay, Frances Leonora (17931109-18360808)

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 'Macleay, Fanny', in Encyclopedia of Australian Science and Innovation, Centre for Transformative Innovation, Swinburne University of Technology Macleay, Fanny Swinburne University of Technology, Centre for Transformative Innovation Encyclopedia of Australian Science and Innovation Book: Taste and science : the women of the Macleay family, 1790-1850 Windshuttle, Elizabeth Taste and science : the women of the Macleay family, 1790-1850 Glebe, N.S.W. Historic Houses Trust of New South Wales 1988 Book: Taste and Science: the Women of the Macleay Family 1790-1850 Windschuttle, E. Taste and Science: the Women of the Macleay Family 1790-1850 Sydney Historic Houses Trust of New South Wales 1988 Book: Irresistible Forces: Australian Women in Science Hooker, Claire Irresistible Forces: Australian Women in Science Carlton Melbourne University Press 2004