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Mary Ellingson
Mary Ross Ellingson (1906 – 1993) was a Canadian archaeologist who worked on the excavations at Olynthus in Greece, where she focused on the use of terracotta figurines in ancient Greece. She did not receive due credit for her work at the time because her research was published by her mentor, David Moore Robinson, under his own name. Robinson's plagiarism of her work only came to light in 2014. Early years Helen Madeline Mary Ross was born in 1906 in Edmonton, Alberta, Canada, and went on to study at the University of Alberta. During her undergraduate years, she studied classical languages and culture and an interest in journalism. She served as editor of ''The Gateway'' newspaper and submitted articles to a local non-collegiate newspaper, ''The Edmonton Bulletin''. After her 1939 marriage to Rudolph Conrad Ellingson, who received his doctorate in chemistry from Johns Hopkins University, she was known as Mary Ross Ellingson. Career In 1930, Ellingson enrolled as a graduate ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Edmonton
Edmonton ( ) is the capital city of the Canadian province of Alberta. Edmonton is situated on the North Saskatchewan River and is the centre of the Edmonton Metropolitan Region, which is surrounded by Alberta's central region. The city anchors the north end of what Statistics Canada defines as the " Calgary–Edmonton Corridor". As of 2021, Edmonton had a city population of 1,010,899 and a metropolitan population of 1,418,118, making it the fifth-largest city and sixth-largest metropolitan area (CMA) in Canada. Edmonton is North America's northernmost large city and metropolitan area comprising over one million people each. A resident of Edmonton is known as an ''Edmontonian''. Edmonton's historic growth has been facilitated through the absorption of five adjacent urban municipalities ( Strathcona, North Edmonton, West Edmonton, Beverly and Jasper Place) hus Edmonton is said to be a combination of two cities, two towns and two villages./ref> in addition to a series ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
