Heather McKay Heather McKay Heather Pamela McKay (née Blundell) (born 31 July 1941) is a retired Australian squash player, who is considered by many to be the greatest female player in the history of the game, and possibly also Australia's greatest-ever sportswoman. She dominated the women's squash game in the 1960s and 1970s, winning 16 consecutive British Open titles from 1962 to 1977, and capturing the inaugural women's World Open title in 1976, while remaining undefeated during that period. She was also a top-level player of other sports, including field hockey and racquetball. Heather Blundell was born in Queanbeyan, New South Wales.
James Townsend Mackay in Dublin 25 February 1862. Mackay discovered several species of plants new to the British Isles, and contributed largely to Sir J. E. Smith's "English Botany" (1790-1814). His herbarium is preserved at Trinity College Dublin. Several unsuccessful attempts were made to perpetuate his name, which is now borne by a genus of seaweeds, "Mackaya", so named by Dr. Harvey, and by a species of heather, "Erica mackayana". James Townsend Mackay James Townsend Mackay (1775–1862) was a Scottish botanist who lived in Ireland. He was born in Kirkcaldy, Fifeshire, about 1775. After being educated at the parish school he was trained