Maria Elizabeth Holland Explained

Maria Elizabeth Holland
Birth Name:Maria Elizabeth Armstrong
Birth Date:24 April 1836
Birth Place:Uitenhage
Death Place:London
Known For:contributions to Thesaurus capensis

Maria Elizabeth Holland (24 April 1836 — 15 January 1878) was a Cape Colony botanical artist and plant collector.

Early life

She was the eldest of fourteen children and was married to John Holland of Port Elizabeth. Her grandfather was Jacob Glen Cuyler.

Career

She contributed to volume I (1860) of William Henry Harvey's Thesaurus capensis, and received praise from Harvey for her "well-executed outline drawings".

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