Maria Sibylla Merian, German-Dutch botanist and illustrator (died 1717)

Maria Sibylla Merian

German naturalist, artist (1647–1717)

Maria Sibylla Merian was a German entomologist, naturalist and scientific illustrator. She was one of the earliest European naturalists to document observations about insects directly. Merian was a descendant of the Frankfurt branch of the Swiss Merian family.