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Margery C. Carlson

U.S. botanist and conservationist (1892-1985) · United States · Scientists · Died at 92

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Margery Claire Carlson was an American botanist and a professor at Northwestern University. D. in botany and becoming the first full-time female professor at Northwestern, she went on a number of international scientific expeditions to Central America in order to collect plant specimens and find new species.

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Margery Claire Carlson was an American botanist and a professor at Northwestern University. After earning a Ph.D. in botany and becoming the first full-time female professor at Northwestern, she went on a number of international scientific expeditions to Central America in order to collect plant specimens and find new species. Her relationship as a research assistant at the Field Museum of Natural History meant that a majority of her plant collection was donated to the museum and a special botany collection was created for her there. Carlson had a long history of involvement in the conservation movement and was honored with multiple awards, along with a nature preserve being named after her.

Country
United States
Category
Scientists
Type
Scientist
Status
deceased
Dates
Lived 1892 to 1985 · aged 92

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