Maria Sibylla Merian

Maria Sibylla Merian was a German entomologist, naturalist and scientific illustrator. She was one of the earliest European naturalists to document observations about insects directly. Merian was a descendant of the Frankfurt branch of the Swiss Merian family.

2 April 1647

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Born in the same month (April 1647): John Wilmot, 2nd Earl of Rochester • William Ashhurst