Le Sueur, Frances (1919–1995)
Le Sueur, Frances (1919–1995)
English botanist and ornithologist. Name variations: Frances Adams Le Sueur or LeSueur; Frances Adams Ross. Born Frances Adams Ross, Aug 6, 1919, in Carlisle, Cumbria, England; died May 17, 1995; studied math at University of Manchester; m. Dick Le Sueur, 1952.
Important conservationist on the Channel Island of Jersey, taught and later served as Math Department head at Jersey College for Girls (from 1948); appointed Channel Island representative of British Trust for Ornithology; became recorder for Botanical Society of the British Isles (BSBI, 1982); conducted significant study of Frère Louise-Arsène's herbarium; wrote A Natural History of Jersey (1976) and Flora of Jersey (1985). As a result of her lobbying efforts with 2 other naturalists, the States of Jersey Nature Conservation Advisory Board was established.