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Catherine 'Kate' Furbish (May 19, 1834 – December 6, 1931) was an American botanist who collected, classified and illustrated the native flora of Maine. She devoted over 60 years of her life, traveling thousands of miles throughout her home state and creating very accurate drawings and watercolour paintings of the plants she found. She discovered two plants which were named after her: ''Pedicularis furbishiae'' (Furbish lousewart) and ''Aster cordifolius'' L., var. ''furbishiae''. == Early life and education== Kate Furbish was born on May 19, 1834 in Exeter, New Hampshire, the eldest child and only daughter of Benjamin and Mary Lane Furbish.〔(【引用サイトリンク】title=Encyclopedia Britannica Catherine Furbish )〕 The family relocated to Brunswick, Maine, shortly after her birth. As a child, her father would take Furbish and her five younger brothers for walks in the local woods. Even as a young child, Furbish showed a knack for botany as she was able to identify many of the area’s native plants.〔(【引用サイトリンク】title=ABC Clio Kate Furbish )〕 Furbish pursued a genteel education in painting and French literature. She studied drawing in Portland and Boston.〔 This resulted in her spending one year in Paris to perfect her painting. Though she did not receive a formalized higher education, in 1860, Furbish attended George L. Goodale’s botany lectures in Boston.〔 抄文引用元・出典: フリー百科事典『 ウィキペディア(Wikipedia)』 ■ウィキペディアで「Catherine Furbish」の詳細全文を読む スポンサード リンク
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