Английская Википедия:Anna Isabel Mulford

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Шаблон:Short description Anna Isabel Mulford (Шаблон:Circa – June 16, 1943) was an American botanist and teacher.

Education

Mulford was born in East Orange, New Jersey,[1] and graduated Vassar College with an A.B., A.M. in 1886. In St. Louis, Missouri, she enrolled in the Shaw School of Botany at Washington University and in 1895, she was the first student to earn a Ph.D. (a faculty member had done so three years before).[1] Mulford's doctoral dissertation described her research on agave plants in the U.S. In the course of her studies, she discovered several new species and, subsequently, some of them were named after her.[2][3]

Career

Mulford discovered Astragalus mulfordiae, which was named in her honor as Mulford's milkvetch.[2]

Her teaching career included both McKinley High School (1898) and St. Louis High School.[2]

Written works

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