Lester Gertrude Ellen Rowntree [SEP] date of death
Lester Gertrude Ellen Rowntree
Lester Gertrude Ellen Rowntree (1879-1979), a renowned field botanist and horticulturalist, was a pioneer in the study, propagation, and conservation of California native plants. In numerous journal and magazine articles, books, and public lectures, she shared her extensive knowledge of wildflowers and shrubs while arguing tirelessly for their protection.
A self-proclaimed “lady-gypsy”, Rowntree spent most of each year doing fieldwork in California and the West while living outdoors, believing that the only way
Ellen Gertrude Cohen
Ellen Gertrude Cohen, (born 1846, date of death unknown) was a British painter and illustrator.
Biography.
Cohen was born in 1846. She attended the Slade School of Art and the Royal Academy of London. She also studied in Paris under Jean-Joseph Benjamin-Constant and Jean-Paul Laurens.
She exhibited her work at the Royal Academy, Royal Institute of Painters in Water and Oil Colors, and the Paris Salon.
Cohen exhibited her work at the Palace of