British botanist and author
| Mary Sophia Bentham | |
|---|---|
| Born | c. 1765 |
| Died | 1858 |
| Spouse | Samuel Bentham |
| Children | George Bentham |
| Father | George Fordyce |
Mary Sophia Bentham (c. 1765 – 1858) was a British botanist and author.
Bentham was a daughter of chemist George Fordyce (1736–1802), wife of mechanical engineer Samuel Bentham (1757–1831), and mother of botanist George Bentham (1800–1884).
References
- Pease-Watkin, Catherine (2006). "The Influence Of Mary Bentham On John Stuart Mill" (PDF). Journal of Bentham Studies. 8 (1): 1–11. doi:10.14324/111.2045-757X.028. Retrieved 1 August 2018.
- Blamires, Cyprian (2008). The French Revolution and the creation of Benthamism. Palgrave Macmillan. p. 54. ISBN 9780230554221. Retrieved 1 August 2018.
Mary Sophia Bentham was the daughter of the distinguished chemist George Fordyce (1736–1802) and had been her father's assistant in his experiments: the technical expertise she displays in this work is most impressive. It seems clear that Samuel discussed all that he did with her.
- Harris, Barbara Jean; McNamara, Jo Ann (1984). Women and the structure of society: selected research from the Fifth Berkshire Conference on the History of Women. Duke University Press. p. 71. ISBN 9780822306030. Retrieved 1 August 2018.
For example, the career of George Bentham, writer on botany and president of the LInnean Society from 1861 to 1874, "seems to have been largely due to his mother," Lady Mary Bentham (c. 1765–1858), who had a herbarium and was said to have been a very good botanist.