Mary Sophie Young
Mary Sophie Young | |
|---|---|
| Born | Mary Sophie Young 20 September 1872 |
| Died | 5 March 1919 (aged 46) |
| Known for | Pioneer of plant taxonomy in Texas |
| Scientific career | |
| Fields | Botany |
| Institutions | University of Texas |
Mary Sophie Young was a botanist at the University of Texas famed for her field trips where she collected a large amount of specimens making her a key contributor to plant taxonomy in Texas.[1]
Early life and education
Mary was in born in either 1870 or 1872 in Glendale, Ohio, she was educated at Wellsley College, Ohio and attended the University of Chicago where she attained her PhD in 1910. After working at a teacher, she later gained tenure at the University of Texas where she became the curator of the university herbarium in 1912. Thanks to her many field trips she transformed the size of the Texan University Herbarium from 2,500 to 16,000. Unfortunately, her career was cut short in her mid-forties; dying from cancer in 1919[2].
References
- ^ Bonta, Marcia Myers (1995). American women afield : writings by pioneering women naturalists (1st ed. ed.). College Station: Texas A&M university press. ISBN 0890966346.
{{cite book}}:|edition=has extra text (help) - ^ Ogilvie, Marilyn (2000). The biographical dictionary of women in science : pioneering lives from ancient times to the mid-20th century. New York: Routledge. ISBN 041592040X.
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