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Rodella Anne Purves (6 July 1945 – 17 January 2008) was a British botanical artist. Purves was born in 1945 in Paisley, Scotland, and two years later moved to Edinburgh with her family, where she attended St. Margaret's School. She received a degree in agriculture from Edinburgh and East of Scotland College of Agriculture. She trained at Cambridge as a seed tester. She spent a year in New Zealand, working for the government's Department of Industry, before returning to Edinburgh to work at the Royal Botanic Garden. Purves died on 17 January 2008 in Edinburgh, Scotland.

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rdfs:comment	Rodella Anne Purves (6 July 1945 – 17 January 2008) was a British botanical artist. Purves was born in 1945 in Paisley, Scotland, and two years later moved to Edinburgh with her family, where she attended St. Margaret's School. She received a degree in agriculture from Edinburgh and East of Scotland College of Agriculture. She trained at Cambridge as a seed tester. She spent a year in New Zealand, working for the government's Department of Industry, before returning to Edinburgh to work at the Royal Botanic Garden. Purves died on 17 January 2008 in Edinburgh, Scotland. (en)
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