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Mar 27, 1724 New York City, New York, United States Died on 10 Mar 1766 (aged 41)
American botanist
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About Jane Colden
- Jane Colden (March 27, 1724 – March 10, 1766) was an American botanist, described as the "first botanist of her sex in her country" by Asa Gray in 1843.
- Although not acknowledged in botanical publications, she wrote a number of letters resulting in botanist John Ellis writing to Carl Linnaeus of her work applying the Linnaean system of plant identification to American flora, "she deserves to be celebrated".
- Contemporary scholarship maintains that she was the first female botanist working in America.
- She was regarded as a respected botanist by many prominent botanists such as: John Bartram, Peter Collinson, Alexander Garden, and Carl Linnaeus.
- Colden is most famous for her manuscript without a title, in which she describes the flora of the New York area, and draws ink drawings of 340 different species of them.
