Mary Pulsifer Ames
Mary Ellen Pulsifer Ames (1845-1902) was an American botanist.[1][2][3][4] Along with Rebecca Merritt Austin and her daughter Mrs. Charles C. Bruce, Ames is credited with helping establish "the foundation to our knowledge of the vegetation" of northeastern California.[5] She also recorded meteorological data for the Smithsonian Institution.[6]
References
- ^ Smith, Emory Evans (1901). The Golden Poppy. San Francisco: Murdock Press. pp. 67–72. Retrieved 4 August 2018.
...Mrs. Mary E. Pulsifer-Ames, then beginning her brilliant botanical career...
- ^ Fernald, M. L. (April 1899). "Contributions from the Gray Herbarium of Harvard University, New Series, No. XV". Daedalus. 34 (19): 496. Retrieved 4 August 2018.
- ^ Ogilvie, Marilyn Bailey; Harvey, Joy (2000). The Biographical Dictionary of Women in Science: Pioneering Lives from Ancient Times to the Mid-20th Century, Volume 1. Routledge. ISBN 9780415920384. Retrieved 4 August 2018.
Mary E. Pulsifer Ames was a California botanical writer...
- ^ Stearns, E.S. & Runnels, M.T. 1906. History of Plymouth, New Hampshire. vol. II. Genealogies. page 555. [1]
- ^ Ewan, Joseph (1955). "San Francisco as a Mecca for Nineteenth Centurv Naturalists". A century of progress in the natural sciences, 1853-1953. San Francisco: California Academy of Sciences. pp. 24–25. Retrieved 9 September 2018.
- ^ Smithsonian Institution (1871). "List of Meteorological Stations and Observers of the Smithsonian Institution for the year 1871". Annual report of the Board of Regents of the Smithsonian Institution. p. 63. Retrieved 4 August 2018.
Ames, Mary E. Pulsifer, Indian Valley, Plumas County, California
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