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Loudon, Jane Webb
English
1807 - 1858
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Biography:
Jane Wells Webb Loudon, author and illustrator, was born in Birmingham, England in 1807. She was the daughter of a prosperous business man and had a strong relationship with her father. He died when Jane was 17 leaving her an orphan. She began her career as a writer. Her first novel "The Mummy", which she describes as "strange and wild" was set in the 22nd Century and written to predict the state of improvement of the country. It caught the attention of John Claudius Loudon, a landscape gardener and writer, and they were married shortly after their first meeting. Jane Loudon helped her husband in his work copying the botanical data for "Encyclopedia of Gardening", published in 1834. Fame came to her with "Instructions in Gardening for Ladies which sold 20,000 copies. It contained clear practical directions and true life anecdotes which were very helpful for the beginning gardener. Previous gardening books were to technical for the beginner. The Loudons were important authors in their day. They travelled all over the British Isles and were close friends with Dickens and Thackery. As an illustrator, Loudon is known for her bouquets. Until Loudon botanicals featured a single specimen of flowers or groups of similar species. |
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