Overview
Agnes Fry (25 March 1869 - 15 August 1958) was a British bryologist, astronomer, botanical illustrator, writer and poet, who donated Failand House's Estate to the National Trust.
Family
Fry was born on 25 March 1869, in Highgate. Her father was Sir Edward Fry, the jurist, and the family were prominent Quakers connected to Fry's Chocolate. One of nine children, Fry had two brothers and six sisters:
Edward Portsmouth Fry (1860-1928)
Mariabella Fry (1861-1920)
Joan Mary Fry (1862–1955) Quaker social reformer
Elizabeth Alice Fry (1864-1868)
Roger Eliot Fry (1866–1934) – Artist, member of the Bloomsbury Group
Her twin sister Isabel Fry (1869-1958), educator
(Sara) Margery Fry (1874–1958) – penal reformer, principal of Somerville College (1926–1931), founder of the Howard League
(Anna) Ruth Fry (1878–1962) – pacifist and Quaker activist
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