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Evelyn Groesbeeck Mitchell

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Evelyn Groesbeeck Mitchell
Born1879 Edit this on Wikidata
DiedOctober 31, 1964
Alma mater
OccupationEntomologist, physician, social reformer, scientific illustrator, writer, teacher, surgeon Edit this on Wikidata
Employer
  • United States National Museum Edit this on Wikidata

Evelyn Groesbeeck Mitchell (1879 – 1964) was an American entomologist, and physician.

Life

Evelyn Groesbeeck Mitchell was born on June 14, 1879, in East Orange, New Jersey. She graduated from Cornell University, University of Pennsylvania, George Washington University, and Howard University.[1][2]

She was assistant to James William Dupree. From 1904 to 1912, she was a scientific illustrator at the United States National Museum.[3] She was a member of the Entomological Society of America.[4]

She was a neurologist at Freedman's Hospital. She was superintendent at Park Hospital, and Boston City Hospital.[1]

Evelyn died October 31, 1964.[5]

Works

  • Mosquito Life New York, G. P. Putnams sons, 1907; reprint Wentworth Press 2019, ISBN 978-0469146983[6]
  • Descriptions of Nine New Species of Gnats Journal of the New York Entomological Society, Vol. 16, No. 1 (Mar., 1908), pp. 7–14 (8 pages)
  • AN APPARENTLY NEW PROTOBLATTED FAMILY FROM THE LOWER CRETACEOUS

References

  1. ^ a b Ogilvie, M.; Harvey, J. (2003). The Biographical Dictionary of Women in Science: Pioneering Lives From Ancient Times to the Mid-20th Century. Taylor & Francis. p. 22. ISBN 978-1-135-96343-9. Retrieved 2020-06-26.
  2. ^ "American men of science : a biographical directory. 3rd 1921". HathiTrust. Retrieved 2020-09-14.
  3. ^ Harmon, Elizabeth (2020-04-07). "Dr. Evelyn G. Mitchell". Smithsonian Institution Archives. Retrieved 2020-09-14.{{cite web}}: CS1 maint: url-status (link)
  4. ^ "Membership of the Society". Annals of the Entomological Society of America. 1 (1): 7–20. 1908-03-01. doi:10.1093/aesa/1.1.7. ISSN 1938-2901.
  5. ^ The Boston Globe, Boston, Massachusetts, November 2, 1964, page 22.
  6. ^ The American Journal of the Medical Sciences. American periodical series. J.B. Lippincott, Company. 1908. p. 125. Retrieved 2020-06-26.