Igerna Sollas
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Igerna Brünhilda Johnson Sollas (1877–1965), also known as Hilda Sollas, was a British zoologist, palaeontologist and geologist, and lecturer at Newnham College, Cambridge. She was one of the first women to be taught geology at the University of Cambridge. She had wide interests, studying marine organisms, genetics, and palaeontology, and collaborated with Cambridge geneticist William Bateson. An alumna of Alexandra College, Dublin, she was recognized as a role model for women in higher education in Ireland and England.[1][2]
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Born | Igerna Brünhilda Johnson Sollas (1877-03-16)16 March 1877 |
Died | November 1965 (aged 88) |
Education | Alexandra College |
Alma mater | Newnham College, Cambridge |
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Fields | Zoology, Geology |
Institutions | Newnham College, Cambridge |
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