Catherine Furbish

Catherine Furbish (born May 19, 1834, Exeter, New Hampshire, U.S.—died December 6, 1931, Brunswick, Maine) was an American botanist, who devoted her lifelong energies to documenting and making drawings of the flora of Maine, enriching both scientific knowledge and numerous botanical collections with her legacy. Furbish grew up in Brunswick deeply interested in the natural flora of her region. Attendance at a series of lectures on botany in Boston about 1860, together with a course...