Norma Etta Pfeiffer | |
|---|---|
| Born | 1889 |
| Died | 23 August 1989 (aged 99–100) |
| Nationality | American |
| Alma mater | University of Chicago |
| Scientific career | |
| Fields | Botany |
| Institutions | University of North Dakota, Boyce Thompson Institute |
| Thesis | Morphology of Thismia americana (1913) |
| Doctoral advisor | John M. Coulter[1]: 35 |
Norma Etta Pfeiffer (1889–1989) was an American botanist who specialized in the study of lilies and Isoetes. She discovered and described the Chicago-endemic flowering plant species Thismia americana described in her doctoral thesis in 1913.[2][3][4]
Kannowski 2015 was invoked but never defined (see the help page).Dr. Pfeiffer, a native of Chicago, received her bachelor's and doctor's degrees from the University of Chicago. Her doctorate was awarded in 1913, following her discovery of a new plant, Thismia americana. At the time, she was 24, the youngest person to receive a Ph. D. from the university.