Margaret is another person I didn’t know anything about. She was famous for being a lepidopterist and an adventurer which is a unique mix. But what is a lepidopterist? Where did she travel to? What did she collect and where is her collection held now? She travelled the world on horse back at great risk to herself but who was her guide and companion for 27 years? She is also famous for the diary she kept between 1878–1939 and for her carefully drawn sketchbooks of larvae and pupae, many previously un-described, which are held in the Natural History Museum. To find out more please select the following links, in the second link you will also find a short film about her:
https://peoplepill.com/people/margaret-fountaine/
https://norfolkwomeninhistory.com/1851-1899/margaret-fountaine/
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