Mary Ann Jackson

Mary Ann Jackson (1819–1915) was an English botanical illustrator, known only for two publications, now rare, copies of which are in various notable collections. Early life Jackson was born in 1819 in Woodstock, Oxfordshire, England, to Ellen Sarah, formerly Benson and the Rev. Stephen Jackson, who was curate-in-charge at St Giles' Church, Sheldon, Warwickshire (now Birmingham). Her father died when she was nine, and she subsequently spent time at the Birmingham home of her maternal half brother, Edward White Benson (1802–1843), a fellow of the Botanical Society of Edinburgh, and his family, including his young son and namesake, Edward White Benson (1829-1896), who was later Archbishop of Canterbury. Career