Claim profile

Margaret Sibella Brown

Canadian botanist (1866–1961)

  • Fame42.3
  • Momentum0.0
  • Wikipedia230
Source-basedFalling
Lived 1866–1961, aged 95Canada
CanadaCanadaScientistsScientist
  • Wikipedia
    14 languages
    Cross-language footprint
  • Era
    1866–1961
    Aged 95
  • Awards
    1
    recognised work
Summary
Updated 2026-06-26

Margaret Sibella Brown was a Canadian amateur bryologist specializing in mosses and liverworts native to Nova Scotia. Early in her career she was involved with gathering supplies of sphagnum moss to be used as surgical dressings during World War I, when cotton was in short supply. After the war, she researched mosses from around the world, collecting specimens in Europe, the Caribbean, and the United States, as well as her native Canada. She published several papers in academic journals, some on materials she had collected herself and some cataloging samples collected by other investigators. Samples she collected are now housed at several major herbaria in North America and Europe.

Where to find them

Platforms

No platforms connected yet.

Fame through time

Through time

In the 20th century
#102,518
of 286,834 people
Most active
c. 1901
estimated from their dates

Their attention in print has not been measured yet — we measure the most notable few thousand people of every century first.

The 20th century, ranked →
By the numbers

Score breakdown

The six component signals behind the Fame score, and their ranks across the leaderboards.

Fame
Falling
42.3
Composite of search demand, mentions, audience & graph footprint.
Score components
Historical11.8
Source confidence60.0
Completeness70.0
Global rank
—
Country rank
—
Category rank
—
Receipts

Sources