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Marianne North
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Marianne North was a British painter, biologist, explorer, and traveler. Born in Hastings in 1830, she worked in Jamaica, Brazil, Tenerife, and Japan. Her artistic output focused on landscape painting. She authored nineteen works, including *Abundant beauty*, *Jordens lustgård*, *A vision of Eden*, and *Recollections of a Happy Life: Being the Autobiography of Marianne North*.
North died in Alderley on August 30, 1890, and was buried in Gloucestershire. Her works are held in the collections of the British Library and the National Herbarium of Victoria. She is described in sources such as *Great Women Masters of Art* and the *Encyclopædia Britannica* 11th edition. She was a native English speaker.
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Person · Open Library
- Born
- 1830
- Died
- 1890
- Works
- 19
Top works
- Chilean flora through the eyes of Marianne North, 1884
- Marianne North
- Abundant beauty
- Jordens lustgård
- A vision of Eden
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Wikidata facts
- Instance of
- human
- Given name
- Marianne
- Family name
- North
- Gender
- female
- Citizenship
- United Kingdom of Great Britain and Ireland
- Place of birth
- Hastings
- Place of death
- Alderley
- Occupation
- writer
- Languages spoken
- English language
- Native language
- English language
- Image
- Marianne North.jpg
- Work location
- Seychelles
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- Commons category
- Marianne North
- date of birth
- 1830-00-00
- date of death
- 1890-08-30
- Commons gallery
- Marianne North
- Commons Creator page
- Marianne North
- place of burial
- Gloucestershire
- described at URL
- artuk.org/discover/stories/marianne-north-a-trailblazing-artist
- name in native language
- Marianne North
- has works in the collection
- British Library
- P6944
- Marianne North
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