Barbara Lawrence (zoologist)

Barbara Lawrence
Born(1909-07-30)July 30, 1909
Died1997 (aged 87–88)
NationalityAmerican
Alma materVassar College
SpouseWilliam E. Schevill
Scientific career
FieldsPaleozoology
Mammalogy
InstitutionsHarvard University Museum of Comparative Zoology

Barbara Lawrence (July 30, 1909 – 1997), sometimes known as Barbara Lawrence Schevill, was an American paleozoologist and mammalogist known for her studies of canids, porpoises and howler monkeys and her work as the mammal curator at Harvard University's Museum of Comparative Zoology (MCZ).[1][2]

  1. ^ Harvey, Joyce; Ogilvie, Marilyn (July 27, 2000). The Biographical Dictionary of Women in Science: Pioneering Lives from Ancient Times to the Mid-Twentieth Century. Taylor & Francis. ISBN 9780203801451.
  2. ^ "BARBARA LAWRENCE (1909–1997) | Society of Ethnobiology". ethnobiology.org. Retrieved October 17, 2015.