Background
Following the financial collapse of her grandfather"s bank in 1831, her family lacked the resources to send her to school, but her father, Thomas Richard Davis, encouraged her to paint and write poetry.
Following the financial collapse of her grandfather"s bank in 1831, her family lacked the resources to send her to school, but her father, Thomas Richard Davis, encouraged her to paint and write poetry.
In 1842, Pfeiffer published her first book, The holly branch, an album for 1843. Pfeiffer was a prolific writer, publishing several books and compilations of poems. Instead, Pfeiffer thought it plausible that birds selected partners that they found aesthetically fascinating or alluring.
Darwin agreed that Pfeiffer"s use of the term "fascination" was appropriate to describe the mechanism by which sexual selection functioned.
The orphanage had already been built on their property at her death, but following a lawsuit against the estate, the property was broken up and sold in 1892, including "the Orphanage.. a brick-built cottage". Of the main bequest, £2000 was used to support the construction of Aberdare Hall, now part of Cardiff University.