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Maria Sibylla Merian

Maria Sibylla Merian
Maria Sibylla Merian, German-Dutch botanist and illustrator (d. 1717)

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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