Margaret Mee
British botanical artist (1909–1988) / From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
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Margaret Ursula Mee, MBE (22 May 1909 – 30 November 1988)[1] was a British botanical artist who specialised in plants from the Brazilian Amazon Rainforest. She was also one of the first environmentalists to draw attention to the impact of large-scale mining and deforestation on the Amazon Basin.
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Margaret Ursula Mee | |
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Born | 22 May 1909 Chesham, Buckinghamshire |
Died | 28 November 1988 Leicester |
Education | St Martin's School of Art Camberwell School of Art |
Spouses | Reginald Bartlett
(m. 1936; div. 1943)Greville Mee (m. 1980) |
Awards | 1976 MBE for services to Brazilian botany 1979 Brazilian Order of Cruzeiro do Sul 1986 Fellowship of the Linnean Society |
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