Ynes Mexia

Mexican-american botanist (1870–1938).

Born May 24th, 1870 in Georgetown.

Died July 12th, 1938 at 68 years old in Berkeley (lung cancer).

Occupations
botanical collector, botanist, lecturer, photographer, scientific collector, social worker
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It is the secret of the world that all things subsist and do not die, but retire a little from sight and afterwards return again. Ralph Waldo Emerson