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3 unusual facts about Susanna Drury


Susanna Drury

She was associated with the Dublin Society (later the Royal Dublin Society), which presented her with its first award in 1740 for her paintings of the Giant's Causeway.

She is chiefly noted for her watercolor drawings of the Giant's Causeway in County Antrim, which brought international attention to the site.

It was included in the geology section along with two other plates depicting similar basalt formations in France, and included a caption by Nicolas Desmarest proposing, for the first time in print, that the structures were volcanic in origin.



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Ashby cum Fenby

In the north aisle are monuments to Sir William Wray (d. 1617) and his wife Frances (d. 1647), and to Susanna Drury, sister of Frances.