"1784Z"^^ . "Mary Anne Theresa Whitby (1784\u20131850), n\u00E9e Symonds, was an English writer, landowner, and artist. She became an authority on the cultivation of silkworms, and in the 1830s reintroduced sericulture to the United Kingdom. During the 1840s, she corresponded extensively with Charles Darwin about silkworms, conducting breeding experiments to help develop his theories of selection."@en . "English women scientist" . "1850Z"^^ . "Whitby, Mary Anne"@en .