Mary Ann Armstrong

**Mary Ann Armstrong** (née **Newey**, 17 June 1838, Birmingham, England - 2 July 1910, Flemington, Australia), nke a makwaara dị ka Mrs. C.C. Armstrong, bụ onye na-ese ihe ọkụkụ nke Britain nke biri ma rụọ ọrụ na New Zealand na Australia.  chịkọtara ma hazie ụdị fern maka ọtụtụ albums ferns nke Australasia, gụnyere usoro akwụkwọ onyinye ọkachamara "The South Pacific Fern Album". Armstro sonyere n'ọtụtụ ihe ngosi mba ụwa na nke intercolonial, ebe ferns ya natara otuto ma nye ya ndị isi.

## Ndụ
A mụrụ Armstrong n'ezinụlọ William na Margaret Newey nke Birmingham, England. Mgbe nne ya nwụrụ, na 1853, ya na nna ya, ụmụnne ya ndị nwoke na ụmụnne ya nwanyị kwagara Victoria. N'afọ 1858, ọ lụrụ Charles Clark Armstrong, onye na-agba ọsọ na onye na-elekọta ụlọ ahịa nke bụkwa nwa afọ Birmingham, na mbido afọ 1860, di na nwunye ahụ na ụmụ ha nwoke abụọ kwagara New Zealand.  biri na Dunedin, New Zealand, maka afọ iri abụọ sochirinụ, ebe amụrụ ụmụ ha iri na otu fọdụrụ.

'afọ 1887, Armstrong na di ya kwagara Melbourne, ebe nwa ha nwoke nke okenye Charles Clark Jr. nọgidere na Dunedin. Mgbe nwa ha nwanyị nwụsịrị na mberede, Nellie, Mary Ann na di ya gara West Australia iji lekọta ụmụ ha. Ha mechara laghachi n'ógbè Melbourne wee soro ezinụlọ nwa ha nwanyị Jennie biri. Mary Ann nwụrụ  Flemington na 2 Julaị 1910 ma lie ya na Melbourne General Cemetery . [1]

## Ihe osise
Armstrong zụlitere mmasị dị ukwuu n'ịchịkọta na ịhazi ụdị fern, na-arụsi ọrụ ike site na ngwụcha afọ 1870 ruo afọ 1890.  haziri ferns n'ụzọ nka ma jiri sayensị mee ihe na albums ma mee ka ụfọdụ n'ime ihe ndị ahụ bụrụ ihe ịchọ mma, ihe ndị yiri collage. Ọrụ fern  na-achọ mma na nke aka na-egosipụta ọdịnala ụlọ nke nkà ịchọ mma ụmụ nwanyị nke narị afọ nke 19, agbanyeghị n'adịghị ka ihe atụ ndị ọzọ nke ọdịnala ụmụ nwanyị, e gosipụtara nka botanical nke Armstrong n'usoro ihe ngosi mba ụwa na nke intercolonial n'etiti 1879 na 1889. [1]

O jiri ihe osise botanical, obere ihe osise na agịga, yana ihe okike dị ka ferns, seaweeds, shells na mkpụrụ maka ịhazi ihe ndị o dere. Akụkụ ọzọ pụrụ iche nke ọrụ Armstrong bụ ihe ịga nke ọma azụmahịa ha n'etiti ọha na eze n'ozuzu sitere na aha ọma o guzobere site na ndekọ ngosi ya a na-aja mma. Ọrụ fern azụmahịa ya jikwa uru na arịrịọ a ma ama nke fern dị ka ihe ngosi ndị njem nleta na akara mba.  N'etiti na ngwụcha afọ 1880, Mary Ann's fern albums nke akpọrọ *New Zealand Fern* dị na ụlọ ọrụ ọha na eze na nchịkọta onwe.  e mesịrị South Pacific Fern Album (1889) na-anọchite anya njedebe nke ọrụ ya na-agwakọta akụkụ botanical, aesthetic, na azụmahịa ya na okwu ndị na-eto eto nke njem nleta na ịhụ mba n'anya. Na mgbakwunye na albums, Armstrong mepụtara ferns a na-etinye na postcard na akwụkwọ na mbufe fern na-ere ha na ndị na-ere akwụkwọ na ụlọ ahịa ihe ndị mara mma.

'oge a, enwere ike ịchọta albums Armstrong dị ka National Library of New Zealand, Mahadum nke Victoria_University_of_Wellington" id="mwNQ" rel="mw:WikiLink" title="Victoria University of Wellington">Wellington  na Waikato, Australian National University Library,  National Library of Australia,  na State Libraries of New South Wales na Victoria,  yana na Harvard,  Mahadum Georgia na UCLA.

## Ihe ngosi

* 1879 - Ihe ngosi mba ụwa, Sydney
* 1880-1881 - Melbourne International Exhibitions, Exhibition Building, Melbourne, VIC
* 1882 - Ihe ngosi mba ụwa nke New Zealand, Christchurch, NZ
* 1886 - Ihe ngosi nke Colonial na Indian, London, England
* 1888 - Ihe ngosi mba ụwa nke narị afọ, Melbourne, VIC

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