Emma Laughlin

Emma Eliza Laughlin (1866-1962) was an American librarian, amateur botanist and educator known for her research on mustard plants and her vast herbarium. Though she had no formal botany education and worked as a high school teacher, she published extensively on the flora of Ohio, particularly rare plants, and founded the Barnesville, Ohio public library. She contributed her herbarium to The Ohio State University.[1]

References

  1. ↑ Joy Harvey and Marilyn Ogilvie. Laughlin, Emma Eliza. The Biographical Dictionary of Women in Science. 2. Marilyn Ogilvie and Joy Harvey (editors). New York and London: Routledge. p. 751-JH/MBO. ISBN 978-0-415-92040-7.
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