Maria Sibylla Merian
German-Dutch entomologist, botanist, naturalist, scientific illustrator, graphic artist, painter, and lepidopterologist (1647-1717)
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Pioneering entomologist who sketched living insects with scientific precision in the 1600s, documenting metamorphosis like nobody before her. Merian's field illustrations became the standard for how Europe saw the natural world.
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Maria Sibylla Merian was a German-Dutch entomologist, naturalist, and scientific illustrator. She was one of the earliest European naturalists to document observations about insects directly. Merian was a descendant of the Frankfurt branch of the Swiss Merian family.
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