Esmé Frances Hennessy
South African botanist and botanical artist (1933–2023)
Died aged 90South Africa
Biography
Esmé Frances Franklin Hennessy (30 August 1933 – 20 May 2023) was a South African botanist, botanical illustrator, and author. She specialised in taxonomic botany. She wrote and illustrated South African Erythrinas (1972), Orchids of Africa (1961) with Joyce Stewart, The Slipper Orchids (1989) with Tessa Hedge, and created many of the descriptions and plates in Flowering Plants of Africa as well as numerous private collections.
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Employers / organisations
- Council for Scientific and Industrial Research
- University of Durban-Westville
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