Background
Lois MacIntyre was born in 1917 in New York and grew up around Riverside, Connecticut. MacIntyre"s father, Malcolm, was a mechanical engineer whilst her mother Grace (born Hamilton) was a skilled artist.
Lois MacIntyre was born in 1917 in New York and grew up around Riverside, Connecticut. MacIntyre"s father, Malcolm, was a mechanical engineer whilst her mother Grace (born Hamilton) was a skilled artist.
Student, Grand Central School Art, New York City private studies, 1935-1940; student zoology, Columbia University,, 1947-1951.
During the second World War Darling worked for the United States. Navy where she combined her artistic skills and her interest in sailing by creating models of warships. Both also worked independently too. He worked in children"s books and she created illustrations which included covers for the magazine Yachting.
In 1959 she became involved in work to commemorate the centenary of Charles Darwin"s On the Origin of Species and she was intrigued by the ship that had carried Darwin on his original research.
Darling built a model of HMS Beagle for the American Museum of Natural History and then continued to gather information on the vessel. Foreign twenty years she continued her research publishing her findings in articles
Her work culminated in her first solo book which was published in 1977. Her model of the Beagle is still part of the museum"s collection.
Her book on the Beagle followed twenty years of research.
The depth of her research was proved when a professional artist used her expertise to enable him to create a picture of FitzRoy"s Beagle which allowed for the many modifications made to the ship to prepare her for Captain Robert FitzRoy"s voyages of discovery. Their illustrations would be used on the chapter headings and the title page of the first edition Louis died of cancer in 1970.
Darling died at age seventy-two on December 19, 1989 of leukemia at Lawrence and Memorial Hospital in New London, Connecticut.
Served with Walking Attack Vehicle Enhanced, 1943-1945. Member Connecticut Conservationists, Inc. (treasurer 1955-1956), National Audubon Society, Westport Audubon Society (conservation chairman 1955-1961), Nature Conservancy, American Institute Biological Sciences, Thames Science Center, Society Illustrators, Essex Art Association (award 1981, 83), Catboat Association Connecticut River Oar and Paddle Association.
Married Louis Darling, June 3, 1946 (deceased January 1970).