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Wikipedia article about Mary Jane Rathbun (1860-1943), an American zoologist and carcinologist who made significant contributions to the study of crustaceans at the Smithsonian Institution. This resource has no direct relevance to AI safety or related topics.
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- •Mary Jane Rathbun was a pioneering female scientist in late 19th and early 20th century zoology
- •She specialized in carcinology (the study of crustaceans) and worked at the Smithsonian Institution
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American carcinologist
For the cannabis activist, see Brownie Mary .
Mary Jane Rathbun Born ( 1860-06-11 ) June 11, 1860
Buffalo, New York Died April 4, 1943 (1943-04-04) (aged 82)
Washington, D.C. Alma mater George Washington University Scientific career Fields Carcinology Institutions Smithsonian 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 .
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Mary Jane Rathbun was born on June 11, 1860, in Buffalo, New York , the youngest of five children of Charles Rathbun and Jane Furey. Her mother died when she was only one year old, and Mary was therefore "thrown on her own resources." [ 2 ] She was educated in Buffalo, graduating in 1878, but never attended college. [ 2 ]
Rathbun was 4 ft 6 in (1.37 m) tall, and was noted for having a dry sense of humor . [ 2 ]
Rathbun at work Rathbun first saw the ocean in 1881 when she accompanied her brother, Richard Rathbun , to Woods Hole, Massachusetts . [ 2 ] He was employed as a scientific assistant to Addison Emery Verrill , alongside Verrill's chief assistant, the carcinologist Sidney Irving Smith . Rathbun helped label, sort and record Smith's specimens, and worked on crustaceans ever since. [ 2 ]
For three years, Rathbun worked on a voluntary basis for her brother, before being granted a clerkship by Spencer Fullerton Baird at the Smithsonian Institution . [ 2 ]
After 28 years of working at the museum, Rathbun was promoted to assistant curator in charge of the Division of Crustacea. [ 2 ] In 1915, after her retirement, the Smithsonian Institution designated Rathbun an "Honorary Research Associate", and in 1916 she was granted an honorary master's degree by the University of Pittsburgh . She qualified for a Ph.D. at George Washington University in 1917. [ 2 ] Rathbun was a member of the American Association for the Advancement of Science , the Washington Academy of Sciences , and the Wild Flower Preservation Society . [ 3 ]
Rathbun died in Washington, D.C. , on April 4, 1943, [ 3 ] [ 4 ] at the age of 82, from complications associated with a broken hip . [ 2 ]
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Rathbun's first publication was co-written with James Everard Benedict and concerned the genus Panopeus ; it was published in 1891. [ 2 ] She officially retired on December 31, 1914, but did not stop working until her death. [ 2 	
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