Hilda Maud Coley (1884-1950) was born in Bedminster, Somerset, on 27th June 1884 to Samuel Birt Coley (b.1853), a Wesleyan Church Minister, and his wife Mary Walker Coley, nee Cooper. Her siblings included Edith (b.1881). Samuel (b.1883) and Arnold (b.1888).
Hilda became an artist and designer, specialising later on in botanical art. She illustrated flowers for Arthur Mee's Children's Encyclopedias in the 1930s.
The 1939 register lists her as being an author and artist, writing and illustrating educational works for children.
She never married and died on 15th June 1950.
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