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Natural history: A scientist's eye

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Beatrix Potter's meticulous artistry served mycology and entomology as well as children's fiction, reveals Linda Lear.

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  1. Linda Lear is an environmental historian and biographer based in Washington DC. She is the author of Beatrix Potter: A Life in Nature (2007) and Rachel Carson: Witness for Nature (2009).,

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Lear, L. Natural history: A scientist's eye. Nature 508, 454–455 (2014). https://doi.org/10.1038/508454a

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