Elizabeth Gault Fisher | |
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| Born | April 29, 1909  Baltimore, Maryland, U.S. |
| Died | January 1, 2000 (aged 90) Westminster, Maryland, U.S. |
| Resting place | Green Mount Cemetery |
| Education | Doctor of Philosophy |
| Alma mater | Cornell University (BS,PhD) |
| Occupation | Entomologist, bacteriologist, bryologist |
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| Thesis | A Comparative Study of the Male Terminalia of the Mycetophilidae of Nearctic America |
Elizabeth Gault Fisher (April 29, 1909 – January 1, 2000) was an American entomologist, bacteriologist, and bryologist. She collected thousands of examples of Maryland mosses, including the first examples of a number of species in Maryland. A moss, Desmatodon fisherae, and an insect, Mycetophila fisherae, were named for her.[1]
- ^ Darigo, Carl E. (June 2010). "Elizabeth Gault Fisher—A Maryland Amateur Bryologist". The Bryologist. 113 (2): 387–388. doi:10.1639/0007-2745-113.2.387. ISSN 0007-2745. S2CID 84873453.