Conservation and Nature

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Maria Merian, German naturalist and illustrator, born 2nd April 1647

Eleanor Anne Ormerod, British Entomologist, born 11th May 1828

Ellen Willmott, English Horticulturalist, born 19th August 1858

Mary Vaux Walcott, American Artist and Naturalist, born 31st July 1860
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Florence Bailey, American ornithologist and nature writer, born 8th August 1863
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Alicia Amherst, British Horticulturalist & Author, born 30th July 1865
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Mary Russell, British Aviator and Ornithologist, born 26th September 1865

Libbie Hyman, American Zoologist, born 6th December 1888

Marjory Stoneman Douglas, American Writer, Activist and Environmentalist, born 7th April 1890

Margaret Murie, American Conservationist, born 18th August 1902

Elspeth Huxley, British Polymath, Environmentalist & Writer, born 23rd July 1907
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Rica Erickson, Australian Naturalist, Author & Artist, born 10th August 1908
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Joy Adamson, Austrian Naturalist & Writer, born 20th January 1910
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Elsie Quarterman, American Ecologist & Botanist, born 28th November 1910

Dixy Lee Ray, American marine biologist & environmentalist, born 3rd September 1914

Mary Q Steele, American Author & Naturalist, born 8th May 1922
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Dian Fossey, American Zoologist & Gorilla Expert, born 16th January 1932
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Wangari Maathai, Kenyan environmental & political activist, born 1st April 1940
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