Margaret Scott Gatty

Margaret Scott Gatty (1809-1873) was the daughter of the Reverend Alexander Scott (1786-1840), noted as having been Nelson's chaplain at the battle of Trafalgar. Margaret showed a strong talent for art and became a skilled manuscript illuminator and copper etching artist. In 1839, she married the Reverend Alfred Gatty (d.1903). He was vicar of Ecclesfield, near Sheffield (Yorkshire) and Sub-dean of York Minster. He was also cousin to Charles Henry Gatty, the benefactor of the Gatty Marine Laboratory at St Andrews.

Both Margaret Scott Gatty and the Reverend Alfred Gatty were published authors. The Reverend Alfred Gatty published a number of theological works while Margaret Scott Gatty became an extremely successful author of children's books. Foremost amongst these were the groundbreaking Parables from Nature series as well as the popular Aunt Judy's Magazine .

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