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Catharina Helena Dörrien

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German botanist, botanical artist, author, translator, editor and governess (1717-1795)

GermanyScientistsLived 1717 to 1795 · aged 78
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Catharina Helena Dörrien was a German botanist and teacher, recognized as "the most celebrated German-speaking female naturalist of the period". She was a talented artist who painted over 1,400 watercolor botanical illustrations, and published a catalogue of plants of the Principality of Orange-Nassau in 1777.

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Catharina Helena Dörrien was a German botanist and teacher, recognized as "the most celebrated German-speaking female naturalist of the period". She was a talented artist who painted over 1,400 watercolor botanical illustrations, and published a catalogue of plants of the Principality of Orange-Nassau in 1777. She was also the first woman to name a fungal taxon.

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Germany
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Scientists
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Scientist
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deceased
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Lived 1717 to 1795 · aged 78
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