Jennie Laura Symons Simpson (1894-1977)
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Citation: Smithsonian Institution Archives, Accession 90-105, Science Service Records, Image No. SIA2009-3382
Born in Waterloo, Canada, geneticist Jennie Laura Symons Simpson (1894-1977) earned all her degrees from McGill University (B.A., 1917; M.S., 1921; Ph.D., 1925). In 1925 she married biochemist George Eric Simpson (d. 1927) and eventually joined the faculty at Hunter College (1929-1962). Much of her research focused on marine algae.
Smithsonian Institution Archives, Accession 90-105, Science Service Records, Image No. SIA2009-3382
Smithsonian Institution Archives, Capital Gallery, Suite 3000, MRC 507; 600 Maryland Avenue, SW; Washington, DC 20024-2520
Black-and-white photographs
SIA Acc. 90-105 [SIA2009-3382]