Emma Amy Rea
British mycologist (1865–1927)
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Emma Amy Rea FLS (née Rose, 1865–1927) was a British mycologist and scientific illustrator. She was president of the British Mycological Society (1915–1916) and a fellow of the Linnean Society of London.
Linnean Society of London
Emma Amy Rea FLS | |
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Rea in 1913 | |
| Born | 1865 Lincoln, Lincolnshire, England |
| Died | 1927 (aged 61–62) |
| Organization(s) | British Mycological Society Linnean Society of London |
| Spouse | Carleton Rea (m. 1898) |
| Children | Violet Ashley-Cooper |
Family
Emma Amy Rose was born in 1865 in Lincoln, Lincolnshire. She was married to naturalist Carleton Rea (1861–1946) in 1898.[1][2] They had a daughter in 1901, who became a mycologist and whose married name was Violet Ashley-Cooper.[3] They lived in Worcester, Worcestershire.[4]
Career
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Rea was a scientific illustrator.[5] She painted over 1700 illustrations of her husband's collections of fungi[2] and also taught their daughter scientific illustration.[3] An exhibition of her work was held by the Swansea Field Naturalists' Society in Wales.[citation needed] Rea's watercolours are held in the mycology collections at the Royal Botanic Gardens, Kew.[3]
Rea became president of the British Mycological Society in 1915.[1][3]Her husband served as Secretary.[6] Rea's Presidential Address to the Society was published in the Transactions of the British Mycological Society.[7] She was also a fellow of the Linnean Society of London.[citation needed]
Gallery
Geaster asper
Geaster fornicatus
Hygrophorus squamulosus
Inocybe proximella
Trametes cinnabarina
Tricholoma irinum
