Margret Wittmer

Margret Wittmer
Born
Margret Walbroel

(1904-07-12)12 July 1904
Cologne, Germany
DiedMarch 21, 2000(2000-03-21) (aged 95)
Floreana Island, Ecuador
SpouseHeinz Wittmer
Children2

Margret Wittmer (née Walbroel; 12 July 1904 – 21 March 2000) was a German woman who was an early colonist of Floreana Island. Her experiences living on the island were documented in her 1959 biography Postlagernd Floreana: Ein außergewöhnliches Frauenleben am Ende der Welt (lit. Post Office Floreana: An Extraordinary Woman's Life at the End of the World), published in English as Floreana: A Woman's Pilgrimage to the Galapagos.

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