| LC control no. | no2021107627 |
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| Descriptive conventions | rda |
| Personal name heading | Barber, Mary Elizabeth, 1818-1899 |
| Birth date | 1818-01-05 |
| Death date | 1899-09-04 |
| Place of birth | South Newton (England) |
| Place of death | Pietermaritzburg (South Africa) |
| Field of activity | Botany Ornithology Entomology |
| Found in | Growing wild, 2020: title page (Mary Elizabeth Barber) Wikipedia, September 7, 2021: Mary Elizabeth Barber page (Mary Elizabeth Barber; birth date: Jan. 5, 1818; birth place: South Newton, Wiltshire, England; death date: Sept. 4, 1899; death place: Pietermaritzburg, South Africa; nationality: Great Britain, British; was a pioneering British-born amateur scientist of the nineteenth century. Without formal education, she made a name for herself in botany, ornithology and entomology. She was also an accomplished poet and painter, and illustrated her scientific contributions that were published by learned societies such as the Royal Entomological Society in London, the Royal Botanical Gardens in Kew, and the Linnean Society of London) <https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Mary_Elizabeth_Barber> |
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