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Florence Signaigo Wagner (2/18/1919 - 10/21/2019) was an integral member of one of the great teams in 20th century Botany, with her husband Warren H. (Herb) Wagner, Jr. Together, they revolutionized, in many ways, the way we look at and look for ferns. Her partnership with Herb, and her passing, at the age of 100, bookends a great flourishing of field studies of especially North American ferns.
Florence was born in Birmingham, Michigan, and spent much of her childhood in Michigan. The outdoors was always important as her father loved the land and always had what could perhaps be best described as a hobby farm, where the family would spend many weekends. Florence attended the College of William and Mary but graduated in 1941 with her BA in Philosophy with Distinction and Honors from the University of Michigan followed by her MA in Latin American Studies...