Alice Maria Ottley

American botanist, botanical collector, scientific illustrator, herbarium curator and university teacher (1882-1971)
Person human Q21388357
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Summary

Alice Maria Ottley was born on November 20, 1882[1], in New York[2]. She died on July 22, 1971[3], in Chula Vista[4]. She worked as a botanist[5], botanical collector[6], university teacher[7], scientific illustrator[8], and curator[9]. She ranks in the top 0.73% of human entities by monthly Wikipedia readership (9 views/month, #7,298 of 1,000,298).[10]

Key Facts

  • Place of birth: New York City[11]
  • Date of birth: January 1, 1882[12]
  • Date of death: January 1, 1971[13]
  • Country of citizenship: United States[14]
  • Occupation: scientific collector[15]
  • Employer: Wellesley College[16], University of the Witwatersrand[17]
  • Sex or gender: female[18]
  • Commons category: Alice Maria Ottley[19]
  • Family name: Ottley[20]
  • Given name: Alice[21], Maria[22]
  • Relative: Margaret Clay Ferguson[23]
  • Significant person: Margaret Clay Ferguson[24], Helen Isabel Davis[25], Beulah Pearl Ennis[26]
  • Copyright status as a creator: works protected by copyrights[27]
  • Collection items at: William and Lynda Steere Herbarium[28], Herbarium, Missouri Botanical Garden[29], Harvard University Herbaria[30], California Academy of Sciences herbarium[31], Natural History Museum[32], National Museum of Natural History[33]

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Works and Contributions

Things named for Alice Maria Ottley include Ottleya[34], a taxon[35].

Why It Matters

Alice Maria Ottley is known by 30 alternative names across languages and contexts.[36]

Entities named for her include Ottleya[34], a taxon[35].

FAQs

Where was Alice Maria Ottley born?

Alice Maria Ottley's place of birth was New York[2].

Where did Alice Maria Ottley die?

Alice Maria Ottley died in Chula Vista[4].

What did Alice Maria Ottley do for work?

Alice Maria Ottley worked as a botanist[5], botanical collector[6], university teacher[7], scientific illustrator[8], and curator[9].

References

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Direct Wikidata claims

  1. [2] ↑ . biodiversitylibrary.org. Retrieved . biodiversitylibrary.org. Provenance: wikidata.org.
  2. [11] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  3. [4] ↑ . biodiversitylibrary.org. Retrieved . biodiversitylibrary.org. Provenance: wikidata.org.
  4. [18] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  5. [14] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  6. [5] ↑ . Harvard Index of Botanists. Retrieved . wikidata.org.
  7. [6] ↑ . Harvard Index of Botanists. Retrieved . wikidata.org.
  8. [7] ↑ . archive.org. Retrieved . archive.org. Provenance: wikidata.org.
  9. [8] ↑ . biodiversitylibrary.org. Retrieved . biodiversitylibrary.org. Provenance: wikidata.org.
  10. [9] ↑ . books.google.com. Retrieved . books.google.com. Provenance: wikidata.org.
  11. [15] ↑ . Bionomia. wikidata.org.
  12. [16] ↑ . archive.org. Retrieved . archive.org. Provenance: wikidata.org.
  13. [17] ↑ . biodiversitylibrary.org. Retrieved . biodiversitylibrary.org. Provenance: wikidata.org.
  14. [19] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  15. [1] ↑ . familysearch.org. Retrieved . familysearch.org. Provenance: wikidata.org.
  16. [12] ↑ . International Plant Names Index. Retrieved . wikidata.org.
  17. [3] ↑ . familysearch.org. Retrieved . familysearch.org. Provenance: wikidata.org.
  18. [13] ↑ . International Plant Names Index. Retrieved . wikidata.org.
  19. [20] ↑ . biodiversitylibrary.org. Retrieved . biodiversitylibrary.org. Provenance: wikidata.org.
  20. [21] ↑ . biodiversitylibrary.org. Retrieved . biodiversitylibrary.org. Provenance: wikidata.org.
  21. [22] ↑ . biodiversitylibrary.org. Retrieved . biodiversitylibrary.org. Provenance: wikidata.org.
  22. [23] ↑ . FamilySearch. Retrieved . wikidata.org.
  23. [24] ↑ . kiki.huh.harvard.edu. Retrieved . kiki.huh.harvard.edu. Provenance: wikidata.org.
  24. [25] ↑ . kiki.huh.harvard.edu. Retrieved . kiki.huh.harvard.edu. Provenance: wikidata.org.
  25. [26] ↑ . kiki.huh.harvard.edu. Retrieved . kiki.huh.harvard.edu. Provenance: wikidata.org.
  26. [27] ↑ . Retrieved . wikidata.org.
  27. [28] ↑ . Bionomia. Retrieved . bionomia.net. Provenance: wikidata.org.
  28. [29] ↑ . Bionomia. Retrieved . bionomia.net. Provenance: wikidata.org.
  29. [30] ↑ . Bionomia. bionomia.net. Provenance: wikidata.org.
  30. [31] ↑ . Bionomia. bionomia.net. Provenance: wikidata.org.
  31. [32] ↑ . Bionomia. bionomia.net. Provenance: wikidata.org.
  32. [33] ↑ . Bionomia. bionomia.net. Provenance: wikidata.org.

Inverse relationships (entities pointing at this one)

  1. [34] ↑ . wikidata.org. → on this site

Inline context (facts about related entities)

  1. [35] ↑ . Wikidata. wikidata.org. → on this site

Aggregate / graph-position facts

  1. [10] ↑ . Wikimedia Foundation. dumps.wikimedia.org.
  2. [36] ↑ . Wikidata aliases. wikidata.org.

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