Botanist.
Esmé Frances Franklin Hennessy (30 August 1933 – 20 May 2023) was a South African botanist, botanical illustrator, and author. She specialised in taxonomic botany. She wrote and illustrated South African Erythrinas (1972), Orchids of Africa (1961) with Joyce Stewart, The Slipper Orchids (1989) with Tessa Hedge, and created many of the descriptions and plates in Flowering Plants of Africa as well as numerous private collections.
Abbreviations: Hennessy, E.F.Franklin
Occupations: writer, scientific illustrator, botanist, artist
Citizenships: South Africa
Languages: English
Dates: 1933-01-01T00:00:00Z – 2023-05-20T00:00:00Z
Birth place: Umzinto
Direct attributions: 5 plants, 0 fungi
Authorship mentions: 5 plants, 0 fungi