Maria Sibylla Merian
German entomologist and naturalist
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... Wikipedia
Born: April 2, 1647, Free City of Frankfurt
Died: January 13, 1717 (age 69 years), Amsterdam, Netherlands
Grandchild: Salomea Abigail Euler
Children: Dorothea Maria Graff and Johanna Helena Herolt
Parents: Matthäus Merian the Elder and Johanna Catharina Sibylla
Spouse: Johann Andreas Graff (m. 1665–1692)