Alice Wilson

Alice Wilson
Born (1881-08-26)August 26, 1881
Cobourg, Ontario, Canada
Died April 15, 1964(1964-04-15) (aged 82)
Ottawa, Ontario, Canada
Citizenship Canadian
Fields Geologist
Institutions Geological Survey of Canada

Alice Evelyn Wilson MBE FRSC (August 26, 1881 April 15, 1964) was a Canadian geologist and paleontologist. She was the first female Canadian geologist.[1] She conducted field studies on rocks and fossils in the Ottawa region between 1913 and 1963.

She became the first female Fellow of the Royal Society of Canada in 1937. In 1935, she was a Member of the Order of the British Empire.

The Royal Society of Canada established the Alice Wilson awards for emerging women scholars in 1991. [2]

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