Jennifer Ebeling<p><a href="https://mindly.social/tags/January" class="mention hashtag" rel="tag">#<span>January</span></a> 15, 1859<br /><a href="https://mindly.social/tags/OTD" class="mention hashtag" rel="tag">#<span>OTD</span></a> Nathaniel Lord Britton, American <a href="https://mindly.social/tags/Botanist" class="mention hashtag" rel="tag">#<span>Botanist</span></a> &amp; <a href="https://mindly.social/tags/Taxonomist" class="mention hashtag" rel="tag">#<span>Taxonomist</span></a>, is born.</p><p>He married the famous <a href="https://mindly.social/tags/Bryologist" class="mention hashtag" rel="tag">#<span>Bryologist</span></a> Elizabeth Gertrude Knight.<br />Inspired by Kew Gardens, the couple co-founded the New York Botanical <a href="https://mindly.social/tags/Garden" class="mention hashtag" rel="tag">#<span>Garden</span></a> (<a href="https://mindly.social/tags/NYBG" class="mention hashtag" rel="tag">#<span>NYBG</span></a>).</p><p>The botanist Henry <a href="https://mindly.social/tags/Rusby" class="mention hashtag" rel="tag">#<span>Rusby</span></a> recounted seeing beautiful <a href="https://mindly.social/tags/Botanical" class="mention hashtag" rel="tag">#<span>Botanical</span></a> drawings on Nathaniel&#39;s desk.</p><p>&quot;[After he said] he was the <a href="https://mindly.social/tags/Artist" class="mention hashtag" rel="tag">#<span>Artist</span></a>, I asked, &#39;Can you <a href="https://mindly.social/tags/Draw" class="mention hashtag" rel="tag">#<span>Draw</span></a> like that?&#39;</p><p>He said, &#39;Why do you suppose I did all that hard work in drawing class?&#39;&quot;</p><p><a href="https://mindly.social/tags/SciArt" class="mention hashtag" rel="tag">#<span>SciArt</span></a> <a href="https://mindly.social/tags/Art" class="mention hashtag" rel="tag">#<span>Art</span></a></p>