Pickford, Grace E., 1902-1986

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Biographical History

Grace E. Pickford (1902-1986) primarily studied ichthyology and endocrinology. She was born in Bournemouth, England in 1902, and went on to earn a degree from Cambridge University in natural sciences and Ph.D. from Yale University. She was a traveling scholar of Newnham College, Cambridge in South Africa, from 1925-1927. From 1934 to 1948 she was Assistant Professor at Albertus Magnus College. She eventually joined the biology faculty of Yale University, where she remained until her retirement in 1970.

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Brown, Patricia (1994). "Early women ichthyologists." Environmental Biology of Fishes (41) 9-30. Retrieved June 20, 2016 from https://swfsc.noaa.gov/uploadedFiles/Education/Women%20in%20Ichthyology.pdf

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1902

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1986

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