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Portrait of Sarah Hickman Amherst by British artist Thomas Lawrence

Sarah Hickman Amherst, 1st Countess Amherst, credited as Sarah Amherst (b. 1762, d.1838) was a British naturalist and botanist who lived in India. She identified several species which were named for her, including a variety of pheasant (Chrysolophus amherstiae) and a flowering tree (Amherstia nobilis).[1][2][3]

References

  1. ^ "Monday Morning Muse: Sarah Hickman Amherst". Mead Musings: inspired by the collection of the Mead Art Museum at Amherst College. Retrieved 1 August 2018.
  2. ^ Hooker, Sir William Jackson (1 July 1849). "Amherstia Nobilis". Curtis's Botanical Magazine. 75. Reeve Brothers: 158–162.
  3. ^ "Amherstia Nobilis". The Illustrated London News. 4 April 1857. p. 306. Retrieved 1 August 2018. The tree was first brought into notice by Lady Sarah Amherst, a great promoter of botanical science in India. Lord Amherst spent five years in that country, and made an excursion to the Himalaya mountains, at the foot of which they discovered these rare trees.
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