Mary Anne Whitby
Mary Anne Whitby
Mary Anne Theresa Whitby (1783–1850), née Symonds, was an English writer, landowner, and artist. She became an authority on the cultivation of silkworms, and in the 1830s reintroduced sericulture to the United Kingdom. During the 1840s, she corresponded extensively with Charles Darwin about silkworms, conducting breeding experiments to help develop his theories of natural selection.
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Full Name
Mary Anne Theresa Symonds
Date of Birth
December 18th, 1783
Age
240
Date of Death
August 5th, 1850
Died Aged
66
Star Sign
Sagittarius
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