Margaret Mee

1909 - 1988

country of citizenship: United Kingdom, United Kingdom of Great Britain and Ireland

languages spoken, written or signed: English

educated at: Saint Martin's School of Art, Camberwell College of Arts, Dr Challoner's Grammar School

occupation: botanical illustrator, painter, trade unionist

award received: Member of the Order of the British Empire, Order of the Southern Cross, Fellow of the Linnean Society of London, Guggenheim Fellowship

Margaret Ursula Mee, MBE (22 May 1909 – 30 November 1988) was a British botanical artist who specialised in plants from the Brazilian Amazon Rainforest. She was also one of the first environmentalists to draw attention to the impact of large-scale mining and deforestation on the Amazon Basin. Source: Wikipedia (en)