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Margaret Sibella Brown 
Margaret Sibella Brown
NS, Canada
Nova Scotia's Margaret Sibella Brown (1866-1961) was fascinated with moss and liverworts. As an amateur bryologist, she published several papers and oversaw efforts to collect sphagnum moss for use as surgical dressing during the First World War.
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Amid a cotton shortage in World War I, Nova Scotian nurse Margaret Sibella Brown was tasked with collecting sphagnum moss for use in making surgical dressings. Brown continued researching mosses after the war and by 1950 was known as "probably the chief Maritime authority on mosses and liverworts".
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NS, Canada
Nova Scotia's Margaret Sibella Brown (1866-1961) was fascinated with moss and liverworts. As an amateur bryologist, she published several papers and oversaw efforts to collect sphagnum moss for use as surgical dressing during the First World War.
JOINED: over a month ago
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2
LAST 12 MONTHS: 2
AWARDED: 0
LAST ACTIVE: NEVER
Amid a cotton shortage in World War I, Nova Scotian nurse Margaret Sibella Brown was tasked with collecting sphagnum moss for use in making surgical dressings. Brown continued researching mosses after the war and by 1950 was known as "probably the chief Maritime authority on mosses and liverworts".
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CREATED BY: Jo Leath ⊙3
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◄ Jo Leath ⊙3
[P7.2026.16] 19/04/2026
Honoured again in order to fix a typo in the original post. Tom Neily died in 2026.
[P7.2026.16] 19/04/2026
Honoured again in order to fix a typo in the original post. Tom Neily died in 2026.
◄ Jo Leath ⊙3
[P7.2026.14] 05/04/2026
Honoured in memory of Thomas Hugh Neily who was also a Nova Scotia bryologist. He passed away in March 2027 after a career shaped by the work of Margaret Sibella Brown. Her influence reached into many lives through her own work and the accomplishments of those who followed.
[P7.2026.14] 05/04/2026
Honoured in memory of Thomas Hugh Neily who was also a Nova Scotia bryologist. He passed away in March 2027 after a career shaped by the work of Margaret Sibella Brown. Her influence reached into many lives through her own work and the accomplishments of those who followed.