What is Anna Atkins?
[[File:Anna_Atkins_1861.jpg|thumb|Photograph of Atkins, in 1861]] [[File:Anna_Atkins_algae_cyanotype.jpg|thumb|Cyanotype of an algae, from Atkins' book]] '''Anna Atkins''' (16 March, 1799 – 9 June, 1871) was an [[English people|English]] [[botanist]] and [[photographer]]. Atkins used [[cyanotype]]s to photograph [[algae]] and make books about them.<ref>{{Cite web|title=Anna Atkins (British, 1799 - 1871) (Getty Museum)|url=https://www.getty.edu/art/collection/artists/1507/anna-atkins-british-1799-1871/|access-date=2021-08-01|website=The J. Paul Getty in Los Angeles|language=en}}</ref> == Early life == Anna Atkins was born in [[Tonbridge]], [[England]]. Her mother died soon after giving birth to her.<ref>{{Cite web|title=Anna Atkins {{!}} English photographer and botanist|url=https://www.britannica.com/biography/Anna-Atkins|access-date=2021-08-01|website=Encyclopedia Britannica|language=en}}</ref> == References == {{Reflist}}{{Authority control}} {{DEFAULTSORT:Atkins, Anna}} [[Category:1799 births]] [[Category:1871 deaths]] [[Category:British photographers]] [[Category:English botanists]] [[Category:People from Kent]] {{bio-stub}}