Alice Clary Earle Hyde

Alice Clary Earle Hyde
Born
Alice Clary Earle

1876 (1876)
Brooklyn, New York
DiedJanuary 17, 1943(1943-01-17) (aged 66–67)
Waterbury, Connecticut
NationalityAmerican

Alice Earle Hyde - Chart of Wild Flowers

Alice Clary Earle Hyde (1876-January 17, 1943) was an American botanical artist and conservationist.

Biography

Hyde née Earle was born in 1876[1] in Brooklyn, New York.[2] She was the daughter of Henry Earle and the author Alice Morse Earle.[3]

Hyde contributed to A guide to the wild flowers east of the Mississippi and north of Virginia, published in 1928.[4] In 1936 Hyde organized an exhibit of Colonial Folk Arts and Customs Pertaining to Plants for the "National Committee on Folk Arts in the United States".[5] In 1943 she contributed Spooky The Story of a Remarkable Ovenbird to the "Bulletin of North Carolina Bird Club" (now the Carolina Bird Club).[6]

Hyde was the illustrator for an edition of Webster's Dictionary. She was a member of the New England Wildflower Society and served as vice president.[2]

Hyde died on January 17, 1943, in Waterbury, Connecticut.[2][1]

References

  1. ^ a b "Alice Earle Hyde". AskArt. Archived from the original on January 4, 2022. Retrieved January 5, 2022.
  2. ^ a b c "Mrs. Alice Earle Hyde; Botanical Artist an Official of New England Wildflower Group". The New York Times. January 18, 1943. Archived from the original on January 4, 2022. Retrieved January 5, 2022.
  3. ^ "Earle, Alice Morse, Collection, 1890 - 1951" (PDF). American Antiquarian Society. Archived (PDF) from the original on July 7, 2020. Retrieved January 5, 2022.
  4. ^ Taylor, Norman. "A guide to the wild flowers east of the Mississippi and north of Virginia". Biodiversity Heritage Library. Greenberg. Archived from the original on January 4, 2022. Retrieved January 5, 2022.
  5. ^ Torrey Botanical Club (1936). "Torreya". Biodiversity Heritage Library. Torrey Botanical Club. Archived from the original on January 4, 2022. Retrieved January 5, 2022.
  6. ^ "The Chat". Biodiversity Heritage Library. Carolina Bird Club. 1943. Archived from the original on January 4, 2022. Retrieved January 5, 2022.

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