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Mary E. Rice | |
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 Mary Rice in front of the Smithsonian Marine Station’s floating lab at Link Port on the Indian River Lagoon in Fort Pierce, Florida, in 1984. [1] | |
| Born | August 3, 1926 Washington, District of Columbia |
| Nationality | American |
| Alma mater | Drew University Oberlin College University of Washington |
| Scientific career | |
| Fields | zoology, invertebrate zoology |
| Institutions | National Institutes of Health National Cancer Institute Smithsonian Institution Smithsonian Marine Station at Fort Pierce |
Mary E. Rice (August 3, 1926 – ) is an American
Early Life and Education
Mary E. Rice was born on August 3, 1926, in Washington, D.C., the second of three children of Daniel Gibbons Rice and Florence Catherine Pyles Rice. She grew up on a farm in southern Maryland. Rice’s father grew up near the Severn River in Maryland and the family visited the Chesapeake Bay frequently. As a child, Rice became very interested in marine life and determined she would become a biologist, although her training was minimal in rural Maryland schools.
Administrative Career
Education Career
Publications
- 1922, First book of grasses: The structure of grasses explained for beginners. New York: The Macmillan Company. OCLC 811997103
- 1950, revision, Manual of grasses of the United States. Washington, D.C.: U.S. Dept. of Agriculture. OCLC 847512944
- 1962, with Cornelia D. Niles, Index to Grass Species. Boston: G.K. Hall. OCLC 577875
References
- ^ "Mary E. Rice, Invertebrate Zoologist". Smithsonian Institution Archives. Smithsonian Institution. Retrieved 11 April 2017.
External links
- Biography of Mary Agnes Chase from the National Museum of Natural History's Department of Anthropology
- The Hitchcock-Chase Collection at Carnegie Mellon University's Hunt Institute for Botanical Documentation
- Photographs from Mary Agnes Chase's field books from the Smithsonian Institution Archives
- United States National Museum Division of Grasses, Records, 1884, 1888, 1899-1965 from the Smithsonian Institution Archives
Category:1926 births Category:1963 deaths Category:American zoologists Category:Smithsonian Institution people Category:American women scientists Category:Women zoologists Category:20th-century women scientists Category:People from Washington, D.C.