Edna H. Fawcett
{{short description|American botanist (1879–1960)}}
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| name = Edna H. Fawcett
| image = Edna-h-fawcett.jpg
| caption = Picture of Fawcett during her time in Department of Agriculture. Exact date unknown.
| birth_date = 1879
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| death_date = 1960
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| occupation = Botanist, Pedologist, Pathologist
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| workplaces = New York Botanical Garden,
United States Department of Agriculture
| alma_mater = Smith College,
Barnard College
| known_for = Stabilization of Boric Acid Buffers By Aeration
The Problem of Dilution in Colorimetric H-Ion Measurements
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Edna Hague Fawcett (1879 – 1960) was an American botanist and specialist on plant health problems.Kelly, Mary Greiner (June 1, 1934). Women Scientists Hold High Rank in Developing Plant Disease Cures. The Washington Post{{cite web|url=http://www.findagrave.com/cgi-bin/fg.cgi?page=gr&GSln=fawcett&GSfn=edna&GSbyrel=all&GSdyrel=all&GSob=n&GRid=39208819&df=all&|title=Edna H Fawcett (1879-1960) - Find A Grave...|website=www.findagrave.com}}
Life and career
Fawcett earned a bachelor's degree from Smith College in 1901.Leonard, John William (1914). Woman's Who's who of America: A Biographical Dictionary of Contemporary Women of the United States and Canada. American Commonwealth Co. Around this same time, Fawcett held a temporary position as an assistant at a public school in Springfield, Massachusetts.{{cite journal|title=The Smith College Monthly|year=1901|volume=9|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=MrQAAAAAYAAJ&q=edna+h.+fawcett&pg=PA58|accessdate=18 March 2014}}
She continued her studies at Barnard College before taking a position at the New York Botanical Garden. She joined the research staff of the Bureau of Plant Industry at the United States Department of Agriculture in 1906. Working her way up from a technician position, Fawcett eventually became an assistant pathologist in 1930.
Among her most notable written studies are Stabilization of Boric Acid Buffers By Aeration and The Problem of Dilution in Colorimetric H-Ion Measurements, which were both written in conjunction with S. F. Acree.{{cite web|last=Fawcett|first=Edna H.|title=Stabilization of boric acid buffers by aeration|url=https://archive.org/details/stabilizationofb64757fawc|accessdate=18 March 2014}}{{cite journal|last=Fawcett|first=Edna H.|title=The Problem of Dilution in Colormetric H-Ion Measurements|journal=Journal of Bacteriology|date=March 1929|volume=17|issue=3|pages=163–204|doi=10.1128/jb.17.3.163-204.1929|pmid=16559360|pmc=375051|url=http://jb.asm.org/content/17/3/163.full.pdf|accessdate=18 March 2014}}
References
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External links
- [http://siris-archives.si.edu/ipac20/ipac.jsp?&profile=all&source=~!siarchives&uri=full=3100001~!297463~!0#focus Image of Edna Fawcett] via Smithsonian Institution
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Category:American women botanists
Category:American pathologists
Category:United States Department of Agriculture
Category:20th-century American women scientists
Category:20th-century American scientists
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