Marie Taylor
American botanist (1911–1990) / From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
For the co-founder of Alpha Kappa Alpha sorority, see Marie Woolfolk Taylor. For the New Zealand mycologist and botanist, see Marie Taylor (mycologist).
Marie Clark Taylor (1911 – December 1990) was an American botanist, the first woman to earn a science doctorate at Fordham University, and the Head of the Botany Department at Howard University from 1947 to her retirement in 1976. Her research interest was plant photomorphogenesis.[1]
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Marie Clark Taylor | |
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Born | 1911 |
Died | December, 1990 (1990-12-07) (aged 79) |
Nationality | American |
Alma mater | Howard University Fordham University |
Spouse | Richard Taylor |
Scientific career | |
Fields | Botany |
Institutions | Howard University |
Thesis | The influence of definite photoperiods upon the growth and development of initiated floral primordia (1941) |
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