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美国第一位女古植物家Winifred Goldring (1888--1971)
与Wellesley College(卫斯理学院)
美国著名古生物学家Winifred Goldring (1888--1971)毕业于著名的女子文理学院(Liberal Arts College for women)--Wellesley College(卫斯理学院)。1949年,她当选为美国古生物学会主席,成为该学会历史上的首位女性掌门人。参见:
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Winifred_Goldring
http://www.paleosoc.org/past_officers.html
Winifred Goldring主要研究无脊椎动物化石,如:海百和等,但她对美国古生代的植物化石开展了卓越的研究。Winifred Goldring在其职业生涯中于1925—1928年获得“古植物学家(Paleobotanist)”之职位。Winifred Goldring是美国第一位职业女古植物家。
(1) Wellesley College(卫斯理学院)
在美国东北部,有8所大学常被人们称为传统意义上的“常春藤大学”,还有“七所女子学院”(Seven Sisters colleges)也引人注目,它们是:Barnard College, Bryn Mawr College, Mount Holyoke College, Radcliffe College, Smith College, Vassar College和Wellesley College,其中,Wellesley College格外有名。参见:
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Seven_Sisters_(colleges)
Wellesley College成立于1875年。该校的知名校友很多。在华人世界,家喻户晓的宋美龄(May-ling Soong,1897--2003)1917年毕业于Wellesley College,主修英语文学,辅修哲学。1942年,在Wellesley College成立了宋美龄基金会(May-ling Soong Fondation)。1943年,宋美龄回访母校。参见:
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Wellesley_College
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Soong_May-ling
http://www.wellesley.edu/msc/history
(2) Winifred Goldring与Wellesley College
1888年,Winifred Goldring出生于纽约州Kenwood,紧邻首府城市Albany。参见:
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Albany,_New_York
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Kenwood,_Albany,_New_York
1905年,Winifred Goldring高中毕业后进入卫斯理学院。她本想学习语言类的专业,后改变志向,主修地质学,1909年获得文学学士(A.B)学位。
1912年,Winifred Goldring在Wellesley College地质系获得文学硕士学位(A.M.)。她的硕士学位论文基本信息如下:
Title: The geographer and his subject by Winifred Goldring
Call #:6AG
Author: Goldring, Winifred, 1888-1971
Imprint:1912
Description: iv, 96, 2b
Note: Masters thesis--Wellesley College
Alt Author:Wellesley College. Department of Geology
Winifred Goldring的硕士学位论文导师是供职于哈佛大学的著名地理学家、美国科学院院士--William Morris Davis(1850--1934)。William Morris Davis常被尊称为美国地理学之父。参见:
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/William_Morris_Davis
http://www.nasonline.org/member-directory/deceased-members/20000612.html
(3) Winifred Goldring的职业经历
1912年,Winifred Goldring在Wellesley College获得硕士学位后在该校担任地质学教员,还在波士顿一所师范学校担任助教。
1913年,Winifred Goldring到纽约哥伦比亚大学地质系跟随著名地层古生物学家Amadeus Grabau(1870--1946)学习。
Winifred Goldring(1888--1971)[照片引自纽约州立博物馆官方网站]
1914年,Winifred Goldring返回家乡Albany,开始供职于纽约州立博物馆(New York State Museum)。
1915--1920年,Winifred Goldring晋升为古生物学家助理(Assistant Paleontologist)。
1920—1925年,担任“Associate Paleontologist”。
1921年夏,Winifred Goldring到位于马里兰州的约翰·霍普金斯大学(The Johns Hopkins University—JHU)跟随著名古植物学家Edward Wilber Berry (1875--1945)学习。
1925--1928年,担任古植物学家(Paleobotanist)。
1928--1932年,担任“Associate Paleontologist”。
1932--1938年,担任“Assistant State Paleontologist”。
1938—1939年,担任“Provisional State Paleontologist”。
1939年,被任命为“State Paleontologist”,Winifred Goldring是全美国获得此职位的第1位女性。
1949年,她当选为美国古生物学会主席。
1950年,当选为美国地质学会副主席。
1954年退休。
(4) Winifred Goldring的学术贡献
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Winifred Goldring主要研究无脊椎动物化石,代表性工作有:
Title: The Champlain Sea : evidence of its decreasing salinity southwward as shown by the character of the fauna
Attribution: by Winifred Goldring.
Author:Goldring, Winifred, 1888-
Published: Albany : University of the State of New York, 1922.
Description: p. 153-194 : ill., maps ; 23 cm.
Language: English
Notes: Includes bibliographical references (p. 186-187).
Series: New York State Museum Bulletin ; no. 239-240;
Report of the director of the State Museum and science department ; 17;
Creation Date: 1922
HOLLIS Number: 008377687
Source: HVD ALEPH
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Title: The Devonian crinoids of the State of New York,
Attribution: by Winifred Goldring.
Subject:Crinoidea, Fossil.;
Paleontology -- Devonian.;
Paleontology -- New York (State)
Published: Albany, University of the State of New York, 1923.
Description: 670 p. illus., 60 pl. (2 fold.) fold. tab. 30 cm.
Language: English
Notes: Bibliography: p. 76-81, 459-467.
Other title: Memoir (New York State Museum and Science Service) ; 16.;
Series: New York State Museum. Memoir 16;
Creation Date: 1923
HOLLIS Number: 005102490
Source: HVD ALEPH
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Winifred Goldring关于化石植物最有名的工作是:她在20世纪20年代初研究了产自纽约Gilboa大坝附近、距今约3.80亿年的Gilboa泥盆纪化石森林(Gilboa fossil forest)。代表性工作有:
Title: The Upper Devonian forest of seed ferns in eastern New York
Attribution: Winifred Goldring.
Author:Goldring, Winifred, 1888-
Subject:Paleobotany -- New York (State);
Paleobotany -- Devonian.
Published: Albany : University of the State of New York, 1924.
Description: p. 50-[93], 12 leaves of plates (1 folded) : ill. ; 24 cm.
Language: English
Notes: Bibliography: p. 71-72.
Series: New York State Museum bulletin ; no. 251;
Report of the director of the State Museum and science department ; 18;
Creation Date: 1924
HOLLIS Number: 005743366
Source: HVD ALEPH
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Title: The oldest known petrified forest,
Attribution: by Winifred Goldring ...
Author:Goldring, Winifred, 1888-
Language: English
Notes: "Reprinted ... from the Scientific monthly, vol. XXIV ... June, 1927."
Is Part Of: Smithsonian Institution. Annual report, 1928. Washington, 1929. 24 cm. p. 315-324. 9 pl. on 5 ℓ.
Creation Date: 1929
HOLLIS Number: 005004203
Source: HVD ALEPH
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其他代表性的工作有:
Title: Handbook of paleontology for beginners and amateurs.
Published: Albany, University of the State of New York, 1950-
Description: v. illus. 19 cm.
Language: English
Notes: Bibliography: pt. 1, p. 368-376.
Contents: Incomplete contents: pt. 1. The fossils.
Series: Handbook (New York State Museum);
Creation Date: 1950-
HOLLIS Number: 009432311
Source: HVD ALEPH
相关阅读
http://www.nysm.nysed.gov/womenshistory/goldring.html
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/New_York_State_Museum
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Gilboa_Fossil_Forest
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Schoharie_Reservoir#Gilboa_Dam
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Title: Annual rings of growth in carboniferous wood.
Author:Goldring, Winifred, 1888-
Published: [n.p., 1921?]
Description: p. 326-330.
Language: English
Notes: Reprint, from the Botanical garden, v. 72, no. 5, Nov. 1921.
Creation Date: 1921?]
HOLLIS Number: 006684740
Source: HVD ALEPH
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. Title: Nature, preservation and significance of fossils
Attribution: by Winifred Goldring.
Author:Goldring, Winifred, 1888-
Variant title: Handbook of paleontology for beginners and amateurs.
Published: Albany, N.Y. : New York State Museum, 194?.
Description: 13 p. : ill. ; 27 cm.
Language: English
Notes: Adapted from Handbook of paleontology for beginners and amateurs. Part I: The Fossils, in New York State Museum handbook 9, p. 17-58 (1929)
Series: Educational leaflet series ; no. 2;
Creation Date: 194?
HOLLIS Number: 007529237
Source: HVD ALEPH
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