Henrietta Hooker
American botanist and educator (1851–1929) / From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
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Henrietta Edgecomb Hooker (December 12, 1851 – May 13, 1929) was an American botanist and professor at Mount Holyoke Female Seminary (now Mount Holyoke College). She was the second female doctoral graduate in botany at Syracuse University,[1] which made her one of the first women to earn a Ph.D. in botany from any U.S. university.[2]
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Henrietta Edgecomb Hooker | |
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Born | December 12, 1851 |
Died | May 13, 1929(1929-05-13) (aged 77) |
Education | Mount Holyoke College Syracuse University |
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Fields | Botany |
Institutions | Mount Holyoke College |
Thesis | On Cuscuta Gronovii (1889) |
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