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Mary Agnes Chase

1869 - 1963

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Mary Agnes Chase (April 29 1869 – September 24 1963) was an American botanist who specialized in agrostology, the study of grasses. Although lacking formal education past elementary school, Chase was able to rise through the ranks as a botanist at the United States Department of Agriculture, beginning as an illustrator under the tutelage of Albert Spear Hitchcock, and eventually becoming a senior botanist, overseeing the USDA's Systematic Agrostology department. Chase conducted fieldwork abroad in Europe and South America and published several books, including the First Book of Grasses: The Structure of Grasses Explained for Beginners, which was later translated into Spanish and Portuguese. Additionally, Chase was recognized for her work as an agrostologist with numerous awards, including a Certificate of Merit issued by the Botanical Society of America in 1956. Read more on Wikipedia

Her biography is available in different languages on Wikipedia. Mary Agnes Chase is the 585th most popular biologist (down from 559th in 2019), the 5,059th most popular biography from United States (down from 5,029th in 2019) and the 85th most popular American Biologist.

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Among BIOLOGISTS

Among biologists, Mary Agnes Chase ranks 585 out of 1,097. Before her are Augustin Saint-Hilaire, Franz Nopcsa von Felső-Szilvás, Johann Jakob Kaup, Frederick DuCane Godman, Gustav Karl Wilhelm Hermann Karsten, and Philip Henry Gosse. After her are Philippe Édouard Léon Van Tieghem, Jean Baptiste Boisduval, William Speirs Bruce, Nathaniel Lord Britton, Georg Ossian Sars, and Johann Friedrich Meckel.

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Among people born in 1869, Mary Agnes Chase ranks 98. Before her are Hendrikus Colijn, Prince Baudouin of Belgium, Ellen Thesleff, George Forbes, Yervant Odian, and Edwin Lutyens. After her are Chittaranjan Das, Henry Wood, Kijirō Nambu, Boris Rosing, Archduchess Karoline Marie of Austria, and Georgette Leblanc. Among people deceased in 1963, Mary Agnes Chase ranks 109. Before her are Ivan Bek, John Farrow, Guy Burgess, Fernando Tambroni, Vissarion Shebalin, and Huseyn Shaheed Suhrawardy. After her are James Kirkwood Sr., Patsy Cline, Benjamin Jones, Erik Lundqvist, József Nagy, and Alan Brooke, 1st Viscount Alanbrooke.

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In United States

Among people born in United States, Mary Agnes Chase ranks 5,059 out of 20,380. Before her are Harry Stenqvist (1893), Mickey Mantle (1931), Edgar Leonard (1881), Joseph Gordon-Levitt (1981), 2 Chainz (1977), and Fred MacMurray (1908). After her are Herbert Mullin (1947), Paul Gleason (1939), George Baird (1907), Beth Hart (1972), Leonard Peltier (1944), and Grote Reber (1911).

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Among BIOLOGISTS In United States

Among biologists born in United States, Mary Agnes Chase ranks 85. Before her are Sewall Wright (1889), Florence Augusta Merriam Bailey (1863), Robert Sapolsky (1957), Wilder Penfield (1891), David Starr Jordan (1851), and George Newbold Lawrence (1806). After her are Nathaniel Lord Britton (1859), Joseph Leidy (1823), Aldo Leopold (1887), Charles David Keeling (1928), Charles Horton Peck (1833), and Eugene Odum (1913).

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