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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 invertebrate zoologist who specialized in systematics, evolutionary biology and development or embryogenesis) of marine invertebrates. She worked at the Smithsonian Institution as a curator, educator, research advisor, and administrator from 1966 until her retirement in 2002, then continuing research as an Emeritus Research Scientist.
Early Life and Education[edit]
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[edit]
Education Career[edit]
Publications[edit]
- 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[edit]
- ^ "Mary E. Rice, Invertebrate Zoologist". Smithsonian Institution Archives. Smithsonian Institution. Retrieved 11 April 2017.
External links[edit]
- 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.