Wanda Margarite Kirkbride Farr (1895-1983), sitting in lab with microscope

ID: SIA Acc. 90-105 [SIA2008-0538]

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Citation: Smithsonian Institution Archives, Accession 90-105, Science Service Records, Image No. SIA2008-0538

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Summary

Wanda Margarite Kirkbride (1895-1983) was completing graduate work in chemistry at Columbia University when she met and married Clifford Harrison Farr. When Clifford died in 1928, while they were living in St. Louis, Wanda Farr carried on with her research and eventually became Director of the Cellulose Laboratories at the Boyce Thompson Institute for Plant Research in Yonkers, New York, doing pioneering work on cellulose synthesis and plastids.

Subject

  • Farr, Clifford Harrison 1879-1928
  • Farr, Wanda K
  • Columbia University
  • Boyce Thompson Institute for Plant Research

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Smithsonian Institution Archives, Accession 90-105, Science Service Records, Image No. SIA2008-0538

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Smithsonian Institution Archives, Capital Gallery, Suite 3000, MRC 507; 600 Maryland Avenue, SW; Washington, DC 20024-2520

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  • Chemistry
  • Women scientists

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Black-and-white photographs

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SIA Acc. 90-105 [SIA2008-0538]

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