Isabella Abbott
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For the Canadian artist, see Isabella Mary Abbott.
Isabella Aiona Abbott (June 20, 1919 – October 28, 2010) was an educator, phycologist, and ethnobotanist from Hawaii. The first native Hawaiian woman to receive a PhD in science,[1] she became a leading expert on Pacific marine algae.[2]
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Isabella Aiona Abbott | |
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Professor of Biological Sciences, Emerita, at Stanford University | |
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Born | Isabella Kauakea Yau Yung Aiona (1919-06-20)20 June 1919 Hana, Maui, Territory of Hawaii |
Died | 28 October 2010(2010-10-28) (aged 91) Oahu, Hawaii, US |
Spouse | Donald Putnam Abbott |
Children | Annie Abbott Foerster, daughter |
Alma mater | Kamehameha Schools University of Hawaiʻi at Mānoa University of Michigan University of California, Berkeley |
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