Rhona Brown, Date of Birth, Date of Death

Rhona Brown

South African artist

Date of Birth: 23-Sep-1922

Date of Death: 14-Mar-2014

Profession: painter, botanical illustrator

Nationality: South Africa

Zodiac Sign: Libra

Rhona Brown (September 23, 1922 - March 14, 2014), was a South African botanical artist and housewife. She was educated at University of Natal in Pietermaritzburg and UNISA graduating with a B.A.(Hons.) in Fine Arts and with a National Art Teachers Certificate.
She worked at the Botanical Research Institute in Pretoria for two spells - 1944-46 and 1965–69 and taught sporadically for eight years.
She completed some 100 plates for the Flowering Plants of Africa and black-and-white illustrations for Bothalia and Flora of Southern Africa.
She provided about half of all illustrations for Palmer & Pitman's Trees of Southern Africa and all the illustrations for Eve Palmer's Field Guide to the Trees of Southern Africa. She married Comdt.
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Collett on 2 March 1946.