Posts Tagged ‘Female Botanist’
Lady Joan Margaret Legge: The Botanist Who Brought the Valley of Flowers to Light
This botanical history post was featured on The Daily Gardener podcast: Click here to see the complete show notes for this episode. February 21, 1885 Dearest reader, On this day, Lady Joan Margaret Legge (“LAY-gee”) entered the world, the youngest daughter of the sixth Earl of Dartmouth, and a soul both brave and gentle, as…
Read MoreRemembering Botanist and Artist Sylvia Edlund: A Plant Pioneer with a Tender Heart
“Sylvia was a sickly child and often confined to her bed. She said she took up botany because she thought she shouldn’t study anything she’d have to chase” August 15, 1945 On this day, the botanist Sylvia Edlund was born in Pittsburgh. She earned a Ph.D. in botany from the University of Chicago. Sylvia…
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