Maria Tallant Owen place of birth Nantucket
Early life and education
Born Maria Tallant in Nantucket, she grew up in a wealthy family and could trace her lineage to the earliest white settlers of the Massachusetts Bay Colony. She studied at private institutions on the island and studied botany at home with her mother and sisters who were also avid collectors. She taught at the Perkins School for the Blind and Nantucket High School in the 1840s, and also taught at her own private school.
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