# Elizabeth Washington Gamble Wirt

> Elizabeth Washington Wirt, who published under the name E. W. Wirt, was a 19th-century American author whose Flora's Dictionary was the first book to broadly popularize the concept of a language of flowers for American readers.

*American writer and botanist*

**Canonical URL:** https://fame.am/person/elizabeth-washington-gamble-wirt

## Identity
- **Profile type:** Writer / Author
- **Category:** Writers
- **Born:** 1784-01-30
- **Died:** 1857-01-24
- **Status:** deceased
- **Gender:** female

## Bio

Elizabeth Washington Wirt, who published under the name E. W. Wirt, was a 19th-century American author whose Flora's Dictionary was the first book to broadly popularize the concept of a language of flowers for American readers.

## Fame
- **Popularity score:** 36.0 / 100
- **Momentum:** 15.0 / 100  (trend: BREAKOUT)
- **Historical depth:** 2.2 / 100
- **Attention shift:** 100.0 / 100
- **Source confidence:** 15.0 / 100
- **Profile completeness:** 56.0 / 100

## Sources
- [Elizabeth Wirt](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Elizabeth_Wirt)
- [Elizabeth Washington Gamble Wirt](https://cy.wikipedia.org/wiki/Elizabeth_Washington_Gamble_Wirt)
- [Wikidata](https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q21062266)

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