Louisa Lane Clarke


Louisa Lane Clarke was a British botanist and travel writer, best known for her microscopy work on plants.

Early life

Louisa Lane was born in 1812 in the Channel Islands, the eldest daughter of Major-General Ambrose Lane and Elizabeth Lane, née Le Mesurier. On 14 September 1841, Lane married the Revd. Thomas Clarke, Rector of Woodeaton, Oxfordshire. They then relocated to East Bergholt, Suffolk.
Clarke wrote numerous travel guides including:
Louisa Lane Clarke is best known for her later botanical work popularizing microscopy.
Louisa Lane Clarke's scientific works include:
Her husband died in 1864 and she relocated to Guernsey with her daughter by the following year. She died in L'Hyvreuse, Guernsey.