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#January 7, 1877
#OTD Margarete von Wrangell, Baltic German Agricultural #Chemist, is born.

She loved #Plants & #Botany.

Her career highlights include working w/ Marie #Curie, becoming the 1st female full #Professor at a German University, & running Germany's Institute for Plant Nutrition.

Her grave is inscribed:

I lived with the #Plants.
I put my ear to the ground
& it seemed to me as if the plants were #Happy to be able to share something about the #Secrets of their growth.

#iamabotanist