Mary Lee Ware | |
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 Mary Lee Ware by farm gate | |
| Born | January 7, 1858 |
| Died | January 9, 1937 (aged 79) 41 Brimmer Street, Boston, Massachusetts |
| Resting place | Mount Auburn Cemetery |
| Occupation | Farmer, philanthropist |
| Nationality | American |
| Alma mater | Radcliffe College |
| Relatives | Elizabeth Cabot Lee (Mother), Charles Eliot Ware (Father), Francis Parkman (First Cousin)[1] |
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Mary Lee Ware, (Jan. 7, 1858 – Jan. 9, 1937)[2][non-primary source needed][3] daughter of Elizabeth Cabot (Lee) Ware and Charles Eliot Ware, was born to a wealthy Bostonian family and, with her mother, was the principal sponsor of the Harvard Museum of Natural History's famous Glass Flowers (formally The Ware Collection of Blaschka Glass Models of Plants).[4] She was an avid student of botany, particularly of the work of George Lincoln Goodale; a close friend and sponsor of Leopold and Rudolf Blaschka, creators of the Glass Flowers; and a leading philanthropist and farmer of Rindge, New Hampshire, and Boston, Massachusetts.
- ^ Massachusetts Historical Society - https://www.masshist.org/blog/1469
- ^ "Mary Lee Ware". Ancestry.com. Ancestry. Retrieved 14 January 2016.
- ^ Hale, Emily. Mary Lee Ware, Jan. 7, 1858- Jan. 9, 1937. N.p, 1937. Print.
- ^ "The Glass Flowers". Harvard Museum of Natural History. The President and Fellows of Harvard College. Retrieved 14 January 2016.