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Mary Elizabeth Barber

British naturalist, botanist, entomologist, ornithologist, botanical and scientific collector, scientific illustrator, painter and poet (1818-1899).

Born January 5th, 1818 in Wiltshire.

Died September 4th, 1899 at 81 years old in Pietermaritzburg.

Occupations
botanical collector, botanist, entomologist, naturalist, ornithologist, painter, poet, scientific collector, scientific illustrator

Try as much as possible to be wholly alive with all your might, and when you laugh, laugh like hell. And when you get angry, get good and angry. Try to be alive. You will be dead soon enough. William Saroyan