Mary Leebody
✓ Source-basedfallingNorthern Irish botanist (1847-1911)
Mary Isabella Leebody was an Irish botanist, known for her work on the flora of County Londonderry and County Donegal. Leebody discovered a number of rare plants in Ireland, including the orchid Spiranthes romanzoffiana and Teesdalia nudicaulis, the common shepherd's-cress.
Scientists born in the 1840s 6
About this person
Mary Isabella Leebody was an Irish botanist, known for her work on the flora of County Londonderry and County Donegal. Leebody discovered a number of rare plants in Ireland, including the orchid Spiranthes romanzoffiana and Teesdalia nudicaulis, the common shepherd's-cress. Leebody was also known for her encouragement of other botanists.
Fame.am measures public visibility signals. It does not measure human value, talent, morality, or credibility.