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Ayrton, Matilda Charlotte (1846-1883)
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née Chaplin; Mathilde
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writer, artist, physician, writer on botany, periodical contributor
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born in France to British parents Her French birth record lists her name as "Mathilde" [FamilySearch].
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daughter of Matilda Adriana Ayrton & John Clarke Chaplin; wife of William Edward Ayrton
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Edinburgh Seven; Society of Apothecaries; King and Queen's College of Physicians; Medical Press and Circular; Transactions of the Botanical Society of Edinburgh
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- England and Wales Census 61
- Desmond, Ray; Ellwood, Christine. Dictionary of British and Irish Botanists and Horticulturalists: Including Plant Collectors, Flower Painters and Garden Designers.
- Oxford Dictionary of National Biography. © Oxford University Press
- FamilySearch
- Wikipedia (https://www.wikipedia.org/)
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• wrote "Plants Used in New Year Celebrations by the Japanese" Child Life in Japan