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'''Margaretta Hare Morris''' (3 December 1797 - 29 May 1867) was an American [[entomologist]].<ref name="BDAS">{{BDAS|185}}</ref> Morris was the first female member of the [[Academy of Natural Sciences of Philadelphia]].<ref>{{Cite book|title=American Women in Science: A Biographical Dictionary|author=Martha J. Bailey|publisher=ABC-CLIO|date= 1994|isbn=9780874367409|page=261}}</ref |
'''Margaretta Hare Morris''' (3 December 1797 - 29 May 1867) was an American [[entomologist]].<ref name="BDAS">{{BDAS|185}}</ref> Morris was the first female resident member of the [[Academy of Natural Sciences of Philadelphia]].<ref>{{Cite book|title=American Women in Science: A Biographical Dictionary|author=Martha J. Bailey|publisher=ABC-CLIO|date= 1994|isbn=9780874367409|page=261}}</ref> and, with [[Maria Mitchell]] one of the first two women in the [[American Association for the Advancement of Science]].<ref>{{Cite book|title=Brethren of the Net: American Entomology, 1840-1880|series=History of American science and technology series|author=Willis Conner Sorensen|publisher=University of Alabama Press|date=1995|isbn=9780817307554}}</ref> |
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==Life== |
==Life== |
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Morris was born on 3 December 1797, probably in Philadelphia, one of three daughters of Luke Morris (1760-1802), apparently a wealthy man, and Ann Morris (1767-1853), (née Wilding) who also had one son, Thomas Willing Morris. She lived in the same house in [[Germantown]] most of her life, with her mother, until her death in 1853, and her sister, [[Elizabeth Carrington Morris]] who was interested in botany and had correspondence with [[Asa Gray]]. Her youngest sister Susan Sophia Morris (1800-1868) married, in 1832, John Stockton Littell (1806-1875).<ref name="Littell">Littell Family Papers - Catalogue (Draft) - Biographical Note, page 2</ref> The sisters were part of a network that include Gray and [[Dorethea Dix]]<!-- and Mary Roberdeau, possibly daughter of [[Isaac Roberdeau]]-->.<ref name="Littell /> Morris attended scientific lectures in Germantown with her mother, and was acquainted with the botanist and ornithologist [[Thomas Nuttall]] as well as other scientists. |
Morris was born on 3 December 1797, probably in Philadelphia, one of three daughters of Luke Morris (1760-1802), apparently a wealthy man, and Ann Morris (1767-1853), (née Wilding) who also had one son, Thomas Willing Morris. She lived in the same house in [[Germantown]] most of her life, with her mother, until her death in 1853, and her sister, [[Elizabeth Carrington Morris]] who was interested in botany and had correspondence with [[Asa Gray]]. Her youngest sister Susan Sophia Morris (1800-1868) married, in 1832, John Stockton Littell (1806-1875).<ref name="Littell">Littell Family Papers - Catalogue (Draft) - Biographical Note, page 2</ref> The sisters were part of a network that include Gray and [[Dorethea Dix]]<!-- and Mary Roberdeau, possibly daughter of [[Isaac Roberdeau]]-->.<ref name="Littell /> Morris attended scientific lectures in Germantown with her mother, and was acquainted with the botanist and ornithologist [[Thomas Nuttall]] as well as other scientists. |
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Morris studied the habits of the [[hessian fly]], concluding that the eggs were laid in the |
Morris studied the habits of the [[hessian fly]], concluding that the eggs were laid in the grain rather than the stalk as had been previously thought. She also studied the [[seventeen year locust]] and fungi as botanical pests. Her results were important to agriculture.<ref name="BDAS" /> |
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==Works== |
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* {{Cite journal|title=On the Cecidomyia culmicola|work=Proc. Acad. Nat. Sci. Philad.|volume=4|page=194}} 1848-1849 |
* {{Cite journal|title=On the Cecidomyia culmicola|work=Proc. Acad. Nat. Sci. Philad.|volume=4|page=194}} 1848-1849 |
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* {{Cite journal|title=On the Seventeen Year Locusts|work=Proc. Bos. Soc. Nat. Hist.|volume=4|date=1851|page=110}} |
* {{Cite journal|title=On the Seventeen Year Locusts|work=Proc. Bos. Soc. Nat. Hist.|volume=4|date=1851|page=110}} |
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<ref group="note" name="Say">Some sources give [[Lucy Say]] this honour, as she joined the academy (founded by her husband in 1812) in April 1941, compared with September 1859 for Morris. Say, though, was not resident, having moved to the East Coast in 1834, and therefore was considered a "Correspondent" rather than a "Member".</ref> |
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Revision as of 20:10, 20 November 2015
Margaretta Hare Morris (3 December 1797 - 29 May 1867) was an American entomologist.[1] Morris was the first female resident member of the Academy of Natural Sciences of Philadelphia.[2] and, with Maria Mitchell one of the first two women in the American Association for the Advancement of Science.[3]
Life
Morris was born on 3 December 1797, probably in Philadelphia, one of three daughters of Luke Morris (1760-1802), apparently a wealthy man, and Ann Morris (1767-1853), (née Wilding) who also had one son, Thomas Willing Morris. She lived in the same house in Germantown most of her life, with her mother, until her death in 1853, and her sister, Elizabeth Carrington Morris who was interested in botany and had correspondence with Asa Gray. Her youngest sister Susan Sophia Morris (1800-1868) married, in 1832, John Stockton Littell (1806-1875).[4] The sisters were part of a network that include Gray and Dorethea Dix.[4] Morris attended scientific lectures in Germantown with her mother, and was acquainted with the botanist and ornithologist Thomas Nuttall as well as other scientists.
Morris studied the habits of the hessian fly, concluding that the eggs were laid in the grain rather than the stalk as had been previously thought. She also studied the seventeen year locust and fungi as botanical pests. Her results were important to agriculture.[1]
Works
Papers
The Morris family papers passed apparently through Susan and Kohn Littell, into the Littell family. they are incorporated in the Littell family papers,ref name="Littell">Littell Family Papers - Catalogue (Draft) - Biographical Note, page 14</ref> currently held in the special collections of the library of the University of Delaware.[5]
Illustrations
Morris provided illustrations for a paper by William Gambel. (1848)
Papers
- "On the Cecidomyia destructor, or Hessian Fly". Trans. Am. PHil Soc. new series. 8: 49–52. 1843.
- "Observations on the Development of the Hessian Fly". Proc. Acad. Nat. Sci. Philad. 1: 66–8. 1841-3
- "On the Discovery of the Larvae of the Cicada septemdecim". Proc. Acad. Nat. Sci. Philad. 3: 66–8. 1846-1847
- "On the Cecidomyia culmicola". Proc. Acad. Nat. Sci. Philad. 4: 194. 1848-1849
- "On the Seventeen Year Locusts". Proc. Bos. Soc. Nat. Hist. 4: 110. 1851.
References
- ^ a b Elliott, Clark A; Kohlstedt, Sally Gregory (1979). Biographical Dictionary of American Science: The Seventeenth Through the Nineteenth Centuries. Westport and London: Greenwood Press. ISBN 978-0-313-20419-7.
- ^ Martha J. Bailey (1994). American Women in Science: A Biographical Dictionary. ABC-CLIO. p. 261. ISBN 9780874367409.
- ^ Willis Conner Sorensen (1995). Brethren of the Net: American Entomology, 1840-1880. History of American science and technology series. University of Alabama Press. ISBN 9780817307554.
- ^ a b Littell Family Papers - Catalogue (Draft) - Biographical Note, page 2
- ^ http://www.lib.udel.edu/ud/spec/findaids/index.htm
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