BIOLOGIST

Rosa Smith Eigenmann

1858 - 1947

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Rosa Smith Eigenmann (October 7, 1858 – January 12, 1947) was an American ichthyologist (the branch of zoology devoted to the study of fish), as well as a writer, editor, former curator at the California Academy of Sciences, and the first librarian of the San Diego Society of Natural History. She "is considered the first woman ichthyologist in the United States." Eigenmann was also the first woman to become president of Indiana University's chapter of Sigma Xi, an honorary science society. She authored twelve published papers of her own between 1880 and 1893, and collaborated with her husband, Carl H. Eigenmann, as "Eigenmann & Eigenmann" on twenty-five additional works between 1888 and 1893. Read more on Wikipedia

Since 2007, the English Wikipedia page of Rosa Smith Eigenmann has received more than 37,359 page views. Her biography is available in 16 different languages on Wikipedia. Rosa Smith Eigenmann is the 1,018th most popular biologist, the 11,596th most popular biography from United States and the 158th most popular American Biologist.

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Among BIOLOGISTS

Among biologists, Rosa Smith Eigenmann ranks 1,018 out of 1,097. Before her are Alice Wilson, John Bartram, Arthur Gardiner Butler, Alexander Wilson, Elliott Coues, and Christian Friedrich Ecklon. After her are Edward William Nelson, Roger Revelle, Norman I. Platnick, Charles Sprague Sargent, Severn Cullis-Suzuki, and Albert Charles Smith.

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Contemporaries

Among people born in 1858, Rosa Smith Eigenmann ranks 143. Before her are José Luis Tamayo, George Washington Goethals, Zdenka Braunerová, Anna J. Cooper, Joseph DeCamp, and Charles Eastman. After her are Harry Johnston, Katharine Drexel, Henry Watson Fowler, George Lyon, and Carter Glass. Among people deceased in 1947, Rosa Smith Eigenmann ranks 212. Before her are Mari Gerekmezyan, Charles Schlee, Émile Auguste Joseph De Wildeman, Alphonzo Bell, James Larkin, and Giovanni Delise. After her are Albert Ireton, Adrienne Ames, Meredith Colket, K. L. Saigal, Walter Donaldson, and George Forbes.

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In United States

Among people born in United States, Rosa Smith Eigenmann ranks 11,596 out of 20,380. Before her are Loren Shriver (1944), Guinevere Turner (1968), Christian Pollas (1947), John Scalzi (1969), Howie Dorough (1973), and Chuck Leavell (1952). After her are Peyton Manning (1976), Ezra Taft Benson (1899), Amy Pietz (1969), Harry Connick Jr. (1967), Stuart Symington (1901), and Harry Edison (1915).

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Among BIOLOGISTS In United States

Among biologists born in United States, Rosa Smith Eigenmann ranks 158. Before her are Amos Eaton (1776), Jessica Meir (1977), George R. Price (1922), Timothy Ray Brown (1966), John Bartram (1699), and Elliott Coues (1842). After her are Edward William Nelson (1855), Roger Revelle (1909), Norman I. Platnick (1951), Charles Sprague Sargent (1841), Albert Charles Smith (1906), and Elmer McCollum (1879).

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