Sewell, Maud Amy (later Mrs Skewes) (1875 - 1955)

Born in WA, 1875; died in Perth in 1955.

The seventh of nine children, to settlers Frederick Sewell (c.1828-1888) and Charlotte Matilda née Shepherd (c.1842-1924). The family lived at Mount Caroline, near York.

Maud collected MEL specimens at Mount Caroline, 1892.

Maud's sister, GERALDINE ALLEN SEWELL, and cousin JULIA SEWELL also collected MEL specimens.

Either Maud, GERALDINE or JULIA SEWELL, collected the type of Aizoon glabrum Leuhm. ex Ewart (1908).

In 1911, Maud married John Foster Skewes (c.1861-1938), a farmer at Mount Stirling.

They do not seem to have had any children.

Maud died in Perth in 1955 aged 80.

Source: extracted from: Maroske, Sara and Vaughan, Alison (2014) 'Ferdinand Mueller's female plant collectors: a biographical register', Muelleria Vol.32 [consult for source references]