Katharine Jeannette Bush (
December 30
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*534 – The second and final edition of the Code of Justinian comes into effect in the Byzantine Empire.
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,
1855
Events
January–March
* January 1 – Ottawa, Ontario, is incorporated as a city.
* January 5 – Ramón Castilla begins his third term as President of Peru.
* January 23
** The first bridge over the Mississippi River opens ...
–
January 19,
1937
Events
January
* January 1 – Anastasio Somoza García becomes President of Nicaragua.
* January 5 – Water levels begin to rise in the Ohio River in the United States, leading to the Ohio River flood of 1937, which continues into Fe ...
)
was an American
zoologist and
marine biologist.
Biography
She was born in
Scranton,
Pennsylvania, and was educated in the public and private schools of
New Haven,
Connecticut. In
1901
Events
January
* January 1 – The Crown colony, British colonies of New South Wales, Queensland, South Australia, Tasmania, Victoria (Australia), Victoria and Western Australia Federation of Australia, federate as the Australia, ...
, she became the first woman to receive a Ph.D. in zoology at
Yale University. In her dissertation, Bush described three new genera and sixteen new species of the Sabellides and Serpulides tribes,
which were collected during the
Harriman Alaska Expedition that her brother-in-law,
Wesley Roswell Coe, attended in 1899.
Bush studied zoology under
A. E. Verrill and in
1879
Events January–March
* January 1 – The Specie Resumption Act takes effect. The United States Note is valued the same as gold, for the first time since the American Civil War.
* January 11 – The Anglo-Zulu War begins.
* Janu ...
assumed the position of assistant in the
Peabody Museum of Natural History, the zoological museum at
Yale University, until
1913
Events January
* January 5 – First Balkan War: Battle of Lemnos (1913), Battle of Lemnos – Greek admiral Pavlos Kountouriotis forces the Turkish fleet to retreat to its base within the Dardanelles, from which it will not ven ...
.
She served on the
United States Fish Commission between
1881
Events
January–March
* January 1– 24 – Siege of Geok Tepe: Russian troops under General Mikhail Skobelev defeat the Turkomans.
* January 13 – War of the Pacific – Battle of San Juan and Chorrillos: The C ...
and
1888
In Germany, 1888 is known as the Year of the Three Emperors. Currently, it is the year that, when written in Roman numerals, has the most digits (13). The next year that also has 13 digits is the year 2388. The record will be surpassed as late ...
,
helped to edit the 1890 edition of ''
Webster's dictionary'', and was made a member of the
American Society of Naturalists and the
American Society of Zoologists The Society for Integrative and Comparative Biology is organized to integrate the many fields of specialization which occur in the broad field of biology..
The society was formed in 1902 as the American Society of Zoologists, through the merger of ...
. She wrote
The Tubicolous Annelids of the Tribes Sabellides and Serpulides" in ''
Harriman Alaska Expedition'', volume XII (1905), besides ''Deep Water Mollusca'' (1885) and ''New Species of Turbonilla'' (1899).
During her career, Bush published 19 works, between articles and monographs, which was a very high number for women in this area at the time.
See also
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Timeline of women in science
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{{DEFAULTSORT:Bush, Katharine Jeannette
American science writers
People from Scranton, Pennsylvania
Yale Graduate School of Arts and Sciences alumni
American zoologists
American naturalists
1855 births
1937 deaths
United States Fish Commission personnel
American women biologists