Mary Albertson, Date of Birth, Date of Death

Mary Albertson

American botanist (1838 – 1914)

Date of Birth: 21-Jun-1838

Date of Death: 01-Jan-0001

Profession: astronomer, curator, art exhibition curator, botanist

Nationality: United States

Zodiac Sign: Cancer

Mary A.
Albertson (21 June 1838 – 19 August 1914), born Mary Ann Mitchell, was an American botanist and astronomer.
From 1904 to 1914, she curated the Maria Mitchell memorial located on Nantucket Island, Massachusetts.
Her work there covered both the nascent botany department and the astronomical observatory.
In the botany department, she curated an herbarium of Nantucket plants, in memory of her cousin Mitchell's love of flowers.
She died in 1914 on Nantucket Island.Mrs.
Albertson's daughter Alice Owen Albertson was the author of the book 'Nantucket Wildflowers' (G.
P.
Putnam's sons,1921).