# Lydia Becker

> British activist, botanist and astronomist (1827-1890)

**Wikidata**: [Q276466](https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q276466)  
**Wikipedia**: [English](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Lydia_Becker)  
**Source**: https://4ort.xyz/entity/lydia-becker


## References

1. The Feminist Companion to Literature in English
2. [WeChangEd](https://www.wechanged.ugent.be/wechanged-database/)
3. The Biographical Dictionary of Women in Science
4. John Leigh, Lydia Becker and their shared botanical interests
5. Herbarium specimens reveal the exchange network of British and Irish botanists, 1856–1932
6. [Source](http://herbariaunited.org/collector/19275/)
7. Naming names: the first women taxonomists in mycology
8. [Source](http://twl-calm.library.lse.ac.uk/CalmView/Record.aspx?src=CalmView.Catalog&id=7LEB)
9. SNAC
10. A historical dictionary of British women
11. Freebase Data Dumps. 2013
12. FactGrid
13. Virtual International Authority File