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Margaret Sibella Brown | |
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| Born | March 2, 1866 Sydney Mines, Nova Scotia |
| Died | November 16, 1961 (aged 95) |
| Nationality | Canadian |
| Known for | Contributions to bryology |
| Relatives | Sibella Annie Barrington (cousin)[1] |
| Awards | Master of Arts (honoris causa), Acadia University (1950) |
Margaret Sibella Brown (March 2, 1866 – November 16, 1961) was a Canadian bryologist specializing in mosses and liverworts native to Nova Scotia. Early in her career she was involved with gathering supplies of sphagnum moss to be used as surgical dressings during World War I, when cotton was in short supply. After the war, she researched mosses from around the world, collecting specimens in Europe and the Caribbean. She published a number of papers in academic journals, some on materials she had collected herself and some cataloging samples collected by other investigators. Samples she collected are now housed at several major herbaria in North America and Europe.
Born into upper-class society, Brown was educated in Halifax, Stuttgart, and London. Although lacking formal scientific training, she has been recognized for her contributions to bryology and as an authority on the mosses and liverworts of Nova Scotia; one of her papers described the novel species Entosthodon neoscoticus, endemic to the region. At the age of 84, Brown was awarded an honorary M.A. degree from Acadia University after declining their offer of a Ph.D. She died at her home in Halifax in 1961 at the age of 95. In 2010, she was inducted into the Nova Scotia Scientific Hall of Fame.