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Diana Ruth Wilson (1886-1969): botanical artist

Diana Ruth Wilson was born on 31 May 1886 in Sherborne at The Green, a Sherborne School boarding house run by her father Thomas Ward Wilson (1849-1924) and his Canadian wife Augusta Louisa Wilson (née Jarvis) (1855-1929). Diana was educated firstly at St Antony’s Convent School in Westbury, Sherborne (now Leweston School), and from September … Read more

Ruth Gervis (1894-1988): artist and teacher

Ruth Streatfeild was born on 13 August 1894 at Frant in Sussex, daughter of the Rt. Rev. William Champion Streatfeild (1865-1929) and Janet Mary (née Venn) (1872-1952), daughter of Rev. Henry Venn and niece of John Venn the mathematician who invented Venn diagrams. Ruth’s father, who was educated at Marlborough and Pembroke College Cambridge, was … Read more