Carrie Derick

Carrie Derick
Derick in Toronto at a meeting of the British Association for the Advancement of Science, August 1924[1]
Born(1862-01-14)January 14, 1862
Clarenceville, Canada East
DiedNovember 10, 1941(1941-11-10) (aged 79)
Montreal, Quebec, Canada
EducationClarenceville Academy; McGill University (B.A. 1890); University of Bonn (completed work for Ph.D., 1901); Harvard University; the Royal College of Science; Marine Biological Laboratory
Known for
  • Canada's first female professor
  • Founding McGill University's genetics department
AwardsJ.C. Weston prize
Scientific career
FieldsBotany, genetics
InstitutionsClarenceville Academy, McGill University
Notable studentsFaith Fyles

Carrie Matilda Derick (January 14, 1862 – November 10, 1941)[2] was a Canadian botanist and geneticist, the first female professor in a Canadian university, and the founder of McGill University's genetics department.[3][4]

  1. ^ "Carrie M. Derick (1862-1941), standing outside building". Smithsonian Institution Archives. Smithsonian Institution. Retrieved April 25, 2012.
  2. ^ Cite error: The named reference :3 was invoked but never defined (see the help page).
  3. ^ Birker, Ingrid. "Carrie Derick: Canada's first female professor taught at McGill". McGill Reporter. McGill Publications. Archived from the original on June 5, 2012. Retrieved July 10, 2013.
  4. ^ "From the archives: Fiery suffragette fought to make women 'persons'". Montreal Gazette. December 3, 2017. Retrieved September 23, 2018.