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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. Together, they are credited with describing about 150 species of fishes. Read more on Wikipedia

Her biography is available in different languages on Wikipedia. Rosa Smith Eigenmann is the 1,006th most popular biologist (up from 1,018th in 2019), the 10,390th most popular biography from United States (up from 11,603rd in 2019) and the 153rd most popular American Biologist.

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Among biologists, Rosa Smith Eigenmann ranks 1,006 out of 1,097. Before her are Vladimir Sukachev, Elizabeth F. Neufeld, G. Ledyard Stebbins, Jacques Miller, Edward Lhuyd, and Walter Migula. After her are Annie Montague Alexander, Alice Wilson, Charles Sprague Sargent, Charles B. Cory, Nigel Marven, and Annie Lorrain Smith.

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Among people born in 1858, Rosa Smith Eigenmann ranks 141. Before her are Alfred Capus, Sara Adler, José Luis Tamayo, Anna J. Cooper, Maurice Prendergast, and Pedro Nel Ospina Vázquez. After her are Katharine Drexel, Zdenka Braunerová, Tom Clarke, Charles Eastman, Harry Johnston, and George Lyon. Among people deceased in 1947, Rosa Smith Eigenmann ranks 206. Before her are Evripidis Bakirtzis, Winston Churchill, Pedro Ochoa, Julio Lores, Almroth Wright, and José Luis Tamayo. After her are Harald Natvig, David Samanez Ocampo, Mari Gerekmezyan, Alphonzo Bell, James Larkin, and Meredith Colket.

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Among people born in United States, Rosa Smith Eigenmann ranks 10,392 out of 20,380. Before her are Len Wiseman (1973), Tim Kaine (1958), Anita Louise (1915), Shari Arison (1957), Ralph Barton Perry (1876), and Rachel Nichols (1980). After her are Ashley Benson (1989), Fred Armisen (1966), Rian Johnson (1973), Annie Montague Alexander (1867), Glenn Medeiros (1970), and Mildred Cohn (1913).

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Among BIOLOGISTS In United States

Among biologists born in United States, Rosa Smith Eigenmann ranks 153. Before her are John Cassin (1813), Herbert Boyer (1936), Theobald Smith (1859), Samuel Garman (1843), Edward William Nelson (1855), and G. Ledyard Stebbins (1906). After her are Annie Montague Alexander (1867), Charles Sprague Sargent (1841), Charles B. Cory (1857), Judah Folkman (1933), Elliott Coues (1842), and John Bartram (1699).

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