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Diana Bernadette Beresford-Kroeger (born July 25, 1944) is an Irish botanist, medical biochemist, polymath, and author, who was born in Islington, England and resides near Ottawa, Ontario, Canada. She is known for her ability to bring an understanding and appreciation of the scientific complexities of nature to the general public.
Ann Fowler Rhoads (born 1938 [1]) is an American botanist who worked as a plant pathologist at Morris Arboretum for 36 years, retiring in 2013. [2] [3] She is the co-founder (with Timothy A. Block) of the Pennsylvania Flora Project of Morris Arboretum. [4]
Tanisha Marie Williams is an American botanist and the founder of #BlackBotanistsWeek. Williams created the hashtag in 2020 as an initiative to promote Black botanists and to share their work and life experiences on social media. She was inspired after seeing similar initiatives for Black scientists in other fields. [1]
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Frank C. Cook (June 9, 1963 – August 19, 2009) was an American ethnobotanist, humanitarian, and educator who traveled the world studying plants and learning from the healers of various traditions while offering classes [1] with a unique exchange model of 'give what you can; receive what you need'.
Eloise Butler (1851–1933) was an American botanist, gardener and teacher. She was known for her role in founding the Eloise Butler Wildflower Garden and Bird Sanctuary, [1] the oldest public wildflower garden in the United States, located in Theodore Wirth Park, Minneapolis. [2]
Akira Miyawaki (宮脇 昭, Miyawaki Akira, 29 January 1928 – 16 July 2021 [2]) was a Japanese botanist and an expert in plant ecology who specialized in seeds and natural forests.