Rosa Smith Eigenmann | |
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| Born | Rosa Smith October 7, 1858 |
| Died | January 12, 1947 (aged 88) |
| Resting place | Greenwood Memorial Park |
| Nationality | American |
| Spouse | Carl H. Eigenmann |
| Scientific career | |
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| Institutions | California Academy of Sciences |
| Academic advisors | David Starr Jordan |
Rosa Smith Eigenmann (October 7, 1858 – January 12, 1947) was an American ichthyologist (the branch of zoology devoted to the study of fish), as well as a writer, editor, former curator at the California Academy of Sciences, and the first librarian of the San Diego Society of Natural History. She "is considered the first woman ichthyologist in the United States."[1][2] Eigenmann was also the first woman to become president of Indiana University's chapter of Sigma Xi, an honorary science society. She authored twelve published papers of her own between 1880 and 1893, and collaborated with her husband, Carl H. Eigenmann, as "Eigenmann & Eigenmann" on twenty-five additional works between 1888 and 1893. Together, they are credited with describing about 150 species of fishes.
- ^ Brown, Pamela Stocking (1994). "Early Women Ichthyologists" (PDF). Environmental Biology of Fishes. 41 (1–4): 25–26. doi:10.1007/bf00023798. S2CID 189888825. Retrieved 2014-10-10.
- ^ Wellck, Michele (2003). "The Early Years". In Howell, Keith K. (ed.). 18 Million Real Things: 150 Years of Discovery at California Academy of Sciences. San Francisco: California Academy of Sciences. ISBN 978-0940228573.
Rosa Smith (Eigenmann), first female curator of ichthyology in any museum.