Council of Heads of Australasian Herbaria
Australian National Herbarium
Biographical Notes
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Scott, Harriet (later Mrs Morgan) (1830 - 1907)Born in 1830 in Sydney, NSW, Australia; Died on 16 August 1907 at Granville, NSW.
The first of two children, to settlers Alexander Walker Scott (1800-1883) and Harriet née Calcott (1829-1866). The family lived on Ash Island, and Harriet and her sister Helena were educated at home in natural history by their father.
They acquired a considerable knowledge of Australian plants, animals and especially insects. Her paintings earned high praise from the Entomological Society and she was elected, like her sister Helena, as an honorary member.
In 1882, Harriet married Crosby William Morgan. They did not have any children.
Two letters from Harriet to Mueller survive.
Harriet and her sister (see HELENA SCOTT) collected MEL specimens at Ash Island, 1862, (no date), and south of Newcastle, 1862.
Harriet also collected MEL specimens in NSW at Watson Bay, 1881; Port Jackson, 1881, 1896, 1900; and Richmond River, 1889.
As 'H. Morgan', Harriet collected a MEL specimen at Wagga Wagga, (no date).
She collected the type of Dampiera scottiana F.Muell. (1881), named for her,
and either she or her sister, Helena, collected types of:
Source: Extracted from:
www.asap.unimelb.edu.au/bsparcs/biogs/P000139b.htm
Maroske, Sara and Vaughan, Alison (2014) 'Ferdinand Mueller's female plant collectors: a biographical register', Muelleria Vol.32
Portrait Photo: Mitchell Library, NSW, MLMSS 1694