Marianne North

Marianne North
Marianne North at her home in Ceylon before 1879. Photographed by Julia Margaret Cameron.
Born	(1830-10-24)24 October 1830 Hastings, England
Died	30 August 1890(1890-08-30) (aged 59) Alderley, Gloucestershire, England
Parent(s)	Frederick North Janet Marjoribanks

Marianne North (24 October 1830 – 30 August 1890) was a prolific English Victorian biologist and botanical artist, notable for her plant and landscape paintings, her extensive foreign travels, her writings, her plant discoveries and the creation of her gallery at the Royal Botanic Gardens, Kew.