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birth
Maria Sibylla Merian was born in Frankfurt to Matthäus Merian and Johanna Catharina Sibylla -
dad's death
her father died when she was only three -
silk worms
Merian raised silk worms when she was 13 -
marriage
married Johann Andreas Graff when 18 -
baby's birth
Maria and Johann's first daughter Johanna Helena was born. -
1st book
published her 1st book in 1675 -
second dughter
her second daughter Dorothea Maria was born -
stepfather's death
her stepfather, her mother's husband died. -
mom's death
mom died when maria was 43 -
travel
traveled through Suriname then a dutch colony exclusively for exotic species, one of the only women to travel outside her country for work. -
book publishing
She published Metamorphosis insectorum Surinamensium (“The Metamorphosis of the Insects of Suriname”). -
DEATH
Maria Sibylla Merian died -
what came after
some 83 years after she died is when the science of entomology really became somewhat popular
