Mary Cynthia Dickerson | |
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 Dickerson circa 1912 | |
| Born | March 7, 1866 |
| Died | April 23, 1923 (aged 57) |
| Nationality | American |
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| Scientific career | |
| Fields | Herpetology |
| Institutions | American Museum of Natural History |
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Mary Cynthia Dickerson (March 7, 1866 – April 23, 1923) was an American herpetologist and the first curator of herpetology at the American Museum of Natural History, as well as the first curator in the now defunct department of Woods and Forestry. For ten years she was the editor of The American Museum Journal, which was renamed Natural History during her editorship. She published two books: Moths and Butterflies (1901) and The Frog Book (1906) as well as numerous popular and scientific articles.[1] She described over 20 species of reptiles and is commemorated in the scientific names of four lizards.[2]
- ^ Myers, Charles W. (2000). "A history of herpetology at the American Museum of Natural History". Bulletin of the American Museum of Natural History. 252 (252): 1–232. doi:10.1206/0003-0090(2000)252<0001:AHOHAT>2.0.CO;2. hdl:2246/1599. S2CID 85629057.
- ^ Beolens, Bo; Watkins, Michael; Grayson, Michael (2011). The Eponym Dictionary of Reptiles. Johns Hopkins University Press. pp. 241–242. ISBN 978-1-4214-0227-7.