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'''Florence Peebles''' (June 3, 1874 – December 1956) was an American embryologist known for her research in animal regeneration and tissue formation.
'''Florence Peebles''' (June 3, 1874 – December 1956) was an American embryologist known for her research in animal regeneration and tissue formation.


Born in [[Pewee Valley, Kentucky]], to parents Elizabeth and Thomas Peebles, she was educated in [[Baltimore]], attending the [[Girls' Latin School of Baltimore|Girls' Latin School]] and earning a B.A. from the Woman's College of Baltimore (later [[Goucher College]]) in 1895. She then attended [[Bryn Mawr College]] in Pennsylvania, earning a PhD in 1900.
Born in [[Pewee Valley, Kentucky]], to parents Elizabeth Southgate (nee Cummins) and Thomas Chalmers Peebles, she was educated in [[Baltimore]], attending the [[Girls' Latin School of Baltimore|Girls' Latin School]] and earning a B.A. from the Woman's College of Baltimore (later [[Goucher College]]) in 1895. She then attended [[Bryn Mawr College]] in Pennsylvania, earning a PhD in 1900.
She taught biology for thirty-three years, including at Bryn Mawr College, Goucher College, [[Tulane University]], and California Christian College (now [[Chapman University]])
She taught biology for thirty-three years, including at Bryn Mawr College, Goucher College, [[Tulane University]], and California Christian College (now [[Chapman University]])


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She was a [[fellow]] of the [[American Association for the Advancement of Science]] and the [[American Geographical Society]], and a member of the [[American Society of Naturalists]], [[American Society of Zoologists]], and the [[Women's Rest Tour Association]]. She was awarded an honorary LL.D. by Goucher College in 1954.
She was a [[fellow]] of the [[American Association for the Advancement of Science]] and the [[American Geographical Society]], and a member of the [[American Society of Naturalists]], [[American Society of Zoologists]], and the [[Women's Rest Tour Association]]. She was awarded an honorary LL.D. by Goucher College in 1954.
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Revision as of 00:27, 12 November 2017

Florence Peebles
Alma materBryn Mawr College

Florence Peebles (June 3, 1874 – December 1956) was an American embryologist known for her research in animal regeneration and tissue formation.

Born in Pewee Valley, Kentucky, to parents Elizabeth Southgate (nee Cummins) and Thomas Chalmers Peebles, she was educated in Baltimore, attending the Girls' Latin School and earning a B.A. from the Woman's College of Baltimore (later Goucher College) in 1895. She then attended Bryn Mawr College in Pennsylvania, earning a PhD in 1900. She taught biology for thirty-three years, including at Bryn Mawr College, Goucher College, Tulane University, and California Christian College (now Chapman University)

She established the bacteriology department at Chapman University, and founded the biology laboratory at Lewis & Clark College.

Between 1895 and 1924, she performed much of her research at the Marine Biological Laboratory at Woods Hole, Massachusetts.

She was a fellow of the American Association for the Advancement of Science and the American Geographical Society, and a member of the American Society of Naturalists, American Society of Zoologists, and the Women's Rest Tour Association. She was awarded an honorary LL.D. by Goucher College in 1954. [1] [2] [3] [4]

References

  1. ^ Ogilvie, Marilyn Bailey (1986). "Peebles, Florence". Women in Science: Antiquity Through the Nineteenth Century: A Biographical Dictionary with Annotated Bibliography. MIT Press. p. 145. ISBN 978-0-262-65038-0.
  2. ^ Gabriele Kass-Simon; Patricia Farnes; Deborah Nash (1993). "Florence Peebles: Regeneration, Differentiation, and Determination". Women of Science: Righting the Record. Indiana University Press. pp. 220–222. ISBN 0-253-20813-0.
  3. ^ Creese, Mary R. S. (2000). Ladies in the Laboratory? American and British Women in Science, 1800-1900. Scarecrow Press. pp. 97–98. ISBN 978-0-585-27684-7.
  4. ^ "Peebles, Florence". Who Was Who in America: 1969–1973. Vol. 5. Marquis. 1973. p. 562. ISBN 0-8379-0205-3.
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