| Lady Joan Legge | |
|---|---|
| Born | (1885-02-21)21 February 1885 Marylebone, London, England |
| Died | 4 July 1939(1939-07-04) (aged 54) Valley of Flowers, India |
| Father | William Legge |
| Relatives | William Legge (brother) Humphry Legge (brother) |
Lady Joan Margaret Legge JP (21 February 1885 – 4 July 1939) was an English botanist who had a fatal accident while collecting samples in the Valley of Flowers in India.
Early life
Legge was born at 55 Manchester St. in Marylebone, London, to William Legge, 6th Earl of Dartmouth, and Lady Mary Coke. She held the office of Justice of Peace for Staffordshire.
Death
In 1939, Legge went to India to study flora in the Valley of Flowers on behalf of the Royal Botanic Gardens, Kew. While traversing some rocky slopes to collect flowers, she slipped off and lost her life. She died unmarried at the age of 54.
Legge's sister came in search of her and built a tomb in the Valley of Flowers.
Commemoration
In 2010 a new species of Impatiens found near the Valley of Flowers was named Impatiens leggei as a tribute to Legge.
References
- ^ "Obituary: Lady Joan Legge". The Times. The Times Digital Archive. 7 July 1939. p. 16.
- "Births". The Times. The Times Digital Archive. 24 February 1885. p. 1.
- National Portrait Gallery. "Group in fancy dress for the Shakespeare Memorial National Theatre Ball". npg.org.uk. Retrieved 7 June 2013.
- Butler, Richard W.; Pearce, Douglas G., eds. (1999). Tourism Development. London: Routledge. p. 205. ISBN 9780203380307.
- "Valley of Flowers". sikhnet.com. Retrieved 5 June 2013.
- N. Ulysses and Tabish, Thingnam Girija. "Trek to Valley of Flowers". Flowers of India. Retrieved 5 June 2013.
- "Mary Legge's Balsam". Flowers of India. Retrieved 10 July 2017.
- D.K. Singh, P.K. Pusalkar. "Three New Species of Impatiens (Balsaminaceae) from Western Himalaya, India" (PDF). Taiwania, 55(1): 13-23, 2010.