Marian Farquharson

Marian Sarah Ogilvie Farquharson, FLS, FRMS was a British naturalist and womens rights activist. The first female Fellow of the Royal Microscopical Society, Farquharson is best remembered for her campaign of women rights to full fellowship of learned societies.

Marian Sarah Ridley was born onJuly 1846 in West Meon, Hampshire, England, the eldest daughter of Reverend Nicholas James Ridley and Frances Joucriet . Educated at home with lessons in London, she joined the Epping Forest and Essex Naturalists Field Club in 1881. That same year, her book A Pocket Guide to British Ferns was published.

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