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Andrews, Eliza Francis

educator, botanist, author, was born Aug. 10, 1847, in Washington, Ga. Her father was Judge Garnett Andrews, an eminent jurist, and the author of Reminiscences of an Old Georgia Lawyer. She is the author of A Mere Adventurer; Prince Hal; A Family Secret; How He Was Tempted; and In the Pine Lands of Georgia; besides numerous character popular sketches, and several meritorious poems, the most notable of which is entitled Haunted. She has lectured on various subjects; is a fine linguist, and probably the most accomplished field botanist in the south.

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