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Esther Byrnes
Byrnes in 1894
Born1867
Died1946
CitizenshipAmerican
AwardsFellow of the New York Academy of Sciences
Scientific career
FieldsBiology

Esther Fussell Byrnes (1867–1946) was an American biologist and science teacher. She was a fellow of the New York Academy of Sciences. She tutored the princesses of the Japanese royal family from 1926 to 1927.[1]

She made discoveries in marine biology,[2] and was one of the first women copepodologists—scientists who study copepods.[3]

Works

  • Byrnes, E. F. (1909). "The Fresh Water Cyclops of Long Island". Cold Spring Harbor Monographs. 7. The Brooklyn Institute of Arts and Sciences. doi:10.5962/bhl.title.10398.
  • Byrnes, E. F. (1921). "The Metamorphosis of Cyclops americanus Marsh and Cyclops signatus var. tenuicornis". Cold Spring Harbor Monographs. 9. The Brooklyn Institute of Arts and Sciences. {{cite journal}}: Cite has empty unknown parameter: |1= (help)

References

  1. ^ Special To The New York Times (1946-09-05). "Dr. Esther Byrnes, a Science Teacher; Tutor of Princesses of Royal Family in Japan in 1926-27 Dies". The New York Times. ISSN 0362-4331. Retrieved 2015-11-22.
  2. ^ "Dr. Esther Bynes, Retired Teacher". The Brooklyn Daily Eagle. 5 Sep 1946. p. 11. Retrieved 2015-11-22 – via Newspapers.com.
  3. ^ Damkaer, David M. (2002). The Copepodologist's Cabinet: A Biographical and Bibliographical History. American Philosophical Society. p. 272. ISBN 978-0-87169-240-5.