Frances Wagner

Frances Joan Estelle Wagner FRCGS (28 May 1927 – 8 November 2016)[1] was a Canadian paleontologist and public servant. Specializing in the use of micropaleontology to study marine geology, she was one of the first female scientists to be permitted to conduct fieldwork by the Geological Survey of Canada, and in 1973 was elected as a Fellow of the Royal Canadian Geographical Society in recognition of her achievements and scientific research.[2]

  1. ^ "Frances Wagner". Science.ca. GCS Research Society. Archived from the original on 10 May 2018. Retrieved 10 May 2018.
  2. ^ Coulombe, Amely (8 March 2016). "Five Canadian women trailblazers in science". Canadian Geographic. Royal Canadian Geographical Society. Archived from the original on 10 May 2018. Retrieved 10 March 2018.