PAINTER

Margaret Mee

1909 - 1988

Margaret Mee

Margaret Ursula Mee, MBE (22 May 1909 – 30 November 1988) was a British botanical artist who specialised in plants from the Brazilian Amazon Rainforest. She was also one of the first environmentalists to draw attention to the impact of large-scale mining and deforestation on the Amazon Basin. Read more on Wikipedia

Her biography is available in different languages on Wikipedia. Margaret Mee is the 1,685th most popular painter (up from 1,730th in 2019), the 3,606th most popular biography from United Kingdom (down from 3,477th in 2019) and the 74th most popular British Painter.

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Among PAINTERS

Among painters, Margaret Mee ranks 1,685 out of 2,023. Before her are Karl Ferdinand Sohn, Zygmunt Ajdukiewicz, Wilhelm Camphausen, Teresa Feoderovna Ries, Oton Iveković, and Peter Michal Bohúň. After her are John Baldessari, Maurice Boitel, Johann Wilhelm Schirmer, Alexander Kanoldt, Norah Borges, and Martin Benka.

Most Popular Painters in Wikipedia

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Karl Ferdinand Sohn
1805 - 1867
HPI: 56.65
Rank: 1,679
Zygmunt Ajdukiewicz
1861 - 1917
HPI: 56.65
Rank: 1,680
Wilhelm Camphausen
1818 - 1885
HPI: 56.64
Rank: 1,681
Teresa Feoderovna Ries
1874 - 1956
HPI: 56.64
Rank: 1,682
Oton Iveković
1869 - 1939
HPI: 56.64
Rank: 1,683
Peter Michal Bohúň
1822 - 1879
HPI: 56.64
Rank: 1,684
Margaret Mee
1909 - 1988
HPI: 56.62
Rank: 1,685
John Baldessari
1931 - 2020
HPI: 56.62
Rank: 1,686
Maurice Boitel
1919 - 2007
HPI: 56.57
Rank: 1,687
Johann Wilhelm Schirmer
1807 - 1863
HPI: 56.57
Rank: 1,688
Alexander Kanoldt
1881 - 1939
HPI: 56.56
Rank: 1,689
Norah Borges
1901 - 1998
HPI: 56.54
Rank: 1,690
Martin Benka
1888 - 1971
HPI: 56.53
Rank: 1,691

Contemporaries

Among people born in 1909, Margaret Mee ranks 272. Before her are Arthur Jonath, Jaime Lazcano, Luiz Luz, Heinz Erhardt, Clara Calamai, and James Agee. After her are Massimo Pallottino, Reinhold Münzenberg, Ramón Villeda Morales, Saul Alinsky, Licia Albanese, and Uku Masing. Among people deceased in 1988, Margaret Mee ranks 170. Before her are Brigitte Horney, Alan Paton, Nikolay Makarov, Francisco Rodrigues, Anatoly Levchenko, and Mildred Gillars. After her are Jenő Vincze, Aleksei Losev, Rudolf Gramlich, Christian Matras, Ólafur Jóhann Sigurðsson, and Patrick Steptoe.

Others Born in 1909

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Arthur Jonath
ATHLETE
1909 - 1963
HPI: 56.86
Rank: 266
Jaime Lazcano
SOCCER PLAYER
1909 - 1983
HPI: 56.81
Rank: 267
Luiz Luz
SOCCER PLAYER
1909 - 1989
HPI: 56.81
Rank: 268
Heinz Erhardt
ACTOR
1909 - 1979
HPI: 56.71
Rank: 269
Clara Calamai
ACTOR
1909 - 1998
HPI: 56.71
Rank: 270
James Agee
WRITER
1909 - 1955
HPI: 56.70
Rank: 271
Margaret Mee
PAINTER
1909 - 1988
HPI: 56.62
Rank: 272
Massimo Pallottino
ARCHAEOLOGIST
1909 - 1995
HPI: 56.62
Rank: 273
Reinhold Münzenberg
SOCCER PLAYER
1909 - 1986
HPI: 56.54
Rank: 274
Ramón Villeda Morales
POLITICIAN
1909 - 1971
HPI: 56.41
Rank: 275
Saul Alinsky
WRITER
1909 - 1972
HPI: 56.38
Rank: 276
Licia Albanese
SINGER
1909 - 2014
HPI: 56.37
Rank: 277
Uku Masing
PHILOSOPHER
1909 - 1985
HPI: 56.34
Rank: 278

Others Deceased in 1988

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Brigitte Horney
ACTOR
1911 - 1988
HPI: 56.69
Rank: 164
Alan Paton
WRITER
1903 - 1988
HPI: 56.69
Rank: 165
Nikolay Makarov
ENGINEER
1914 - 1988
HPI: 56.68
Rank: 166
Francisco Rodrigues
SOCCER PLAYER
1925 - 1988
HPI: 56.65
Rank: 167
Anatoly Levchenko
ASTRONAUT
1941 - 1988
HPI: 56.64
Rank: 168
Mildred Gillars
EXTREMIST
1900 - 1988
HPI: 56.63
Rank: 169
Margaret Mee
PAINTER
1909 - 1988
HPI: 56.62
Rank: 170
Jenő Vincze
SOCCER PLAYER
1908 - 1988
HPI: 56.61
Rank: 171
Aleksei Losev
PHILOSOPHER
1893 - 1988
HPI: 56.58
Rank: 172
Rudolf Gramlich
SOCCER PLAYER
1908 - 1988
HPI: 56.50
Rank: 173
Christian Matras
WRITER
1900 - 1988
HPI: 56.50
Rank: 174
Ólafur Jóhann Sigurðsson
WRITER
1918 - 1988
HPI: 56.48
Rank: 175
Patrick Steptoe
PHYSICIAN
1913 - 1988
HPI: 56.36
Rank: 176

In United Kingdom

Among people born in United Kingdom, Margaret Mee ranks 3,607 out of 8,785. Before her are Laura Ashley (1925), William de la Pole, 1st Duke of Suffolk (1396), Adrienne Corri (1931), Henry Nicholas Ridley (1855), Nassau William Senior (1790), and Dave Legeno (1963). After her are Jonathan Nolan (1976), H. B. Warner (1876), Roger Taylor (1960), Shirley Henderson (1965), Matthew Goode (1978), and Emerald Fennell (1985).

Others born in United Kingdom

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Laura Ashley
DESIGNER
1925 - 1985
HPI: 56.64
Rank: 3,601
William de la Pole, 1st Duke of Suffolk
NOBLEMAN
1396 - 1450
HPI: 56.64
Rank: 3,602
Adrienne Corri
ACTOR
1931 - 2016
HPI: 56.63
Rank: 3,603
Henry Nicholas Ridley
BIOLOGIST
1855 - 1956
HPI: 56.63
Rank: 3,604
Nassau William Senior
ECONOMIST
1790 - 1864
HPI: 56.63
Rank: 3,605
Dave Legeno
ACTOR
1963 - 2014
HPI: 56.63
Rank: 3,606
Margaret Mee
PAINTER
1909 - 1988
HPI: 56.62
Rank: 3,607
Jonathan Nolan
FILM DIRECTOR
1976 - Present
HPI: 56.62
Rank: 3,608
H. B. Warner
ACTOR
1876 - 1958
HPI: 56.62
Rank: 3,609
Roger Taylor
MUSICIAN
1960 - Present
HPI: 56.62
Rank: 3,610
Shirley Henderson
ACTOR
1965 - Present
HPI: 56.61
Rank: 3,611
Matthew Goode
ACTOR
1978 - Present
HPI: 56.60
Rank: 3,612
Emerald Fennell
ACTOR
1985 - Present
HPI: 56.60
Rank: 3,613