death_date death_place birth_place nationality field birth_date prizes image article_title name
4 june 1997 santa barbara , california dnipropetrovsk , ukraine german , american botany 3 april 1898 national medal of science -lrb- 1989 -rrb- katherine esau.jpg katherine esau
 katherine esau
katherine esau

katherine esau -lrb- 3 april 1898 -- 4 june 1997 -rrb- was a german-american botanist who received the national medal of science for her work on plant anatomy .
