Maria Sibylla Merian
Maria Sibylla Merian (2 April 164713 January 1717) was a German-born naturalist and scientific illustrator, a descendant of the Frankfurt branch of the Swiss Merian family. Merian was one of the first naturalists to observe insects directly.
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Maria studied molecular biology and theater as an undergraduate at Princeton University, where she graduated "cum laude" with a BA degree in English. She then was awarded a Fulbright Fellowship for political theater, with which she completed her master's at the University of the Philippines Diliman.