Mary J. Rathbun

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Mary Jane Rathbun
Born(1860-06-11)June 11, 1860
Buffalo, New York
DiedApril 4, 1943(1943-04-04) (aged 82)
Washington, D.C.
NationalityAmerican
Alma materGeorge Washington University
Scientific career
FieldsCarcinology
InstitutionsSmithsonian Institution
Author abbrev. (zoology)Rathbun

Mary Jane Rathbun (June 11, 1860 – April 4, 1943) was an American zoologist who specialized in crustaceans. She worked at the Smithsonian Institution from 1884 until her death.[1] She described more than a thousand new species and subspecies and many higher taxa.

  1. ^ Bronstein, Judith L.; Bolnick, Daniel I. (1 December 2018). ""Her Joyous Enthusiasm for Her Life-Work …": Early Women Authors in The American Naturalist". The American Naturalist. 192 (6): 655–663. doi:10.1086/700119. ISSN 0003-0147. PMID 30444652. S2CID 53567449.