Esther Byrnes
| Esther Byrnes | |
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 Byrnes in 1894 | |
| Born | 1867 |
| Died | 1946 |
| Citizenship | American |
| Fields | Biology |
| Notable awards | Fellow of the New York Academy of Sciences |
Esther Fussell Byrnes (1867–1946) was an American biologist and science teacher. She was a fellow of the New York Academy of Sciences. She tutored the princesses of the Japanese royal family from 1926 to 1927.[1]
She made discoveries in marine biology,[2] and was one of the first women copepodologists—scientists who study copepods.[3]
Works
- Byrnes, E. F. (1909). "The Fresh Water Cyclops of Long Island". Cold Spring Harbor Monographs (The Brooklyn Institute of Arts and Sciences) 7. doi:10.5962/bhl.title.10398.
- Byrnes, E. F. (1921). "The Metamorphosis of Cyclops americanus Marsh and Cyclops signatus var. tenuicornis". Cold Spring Harbor Monographs (The Brooklyn Institute of Arts and Sciences) 9.
References
- ↑ Special To The New York Times (1946-09-05). "Dr. Esther Byrnes, a Science Teacher; Tutor of Princesses of Royal Family in Japan in 1926-27 Dies". The New York Times. ISSN 0362-4331. Retrieved 2015-11-22.
- ↑ "Dr. Esther Bynes, Retired Teacher". The Brooklyn Daily Eagle. 5 Sep 1946. p. 11. Retrieved 2015-11-22 – via Newspapers.com.
- ↑ Damkaer, David M. (2002). The Copepodologist's Cabinet: A Biographical and Bibliographical History. American Philosophical Society. p. 272. ISBN 978-0-87169-240-5.
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