| LC control no. | n 83071118 |
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| Descriptive conventions | rda |
| Personal name heading | Patrick, Ruth, 1907-2013 |
| Located | Chestnut Hill (Philadelphia, Pa.) |
| Birth date | 19071126 |
| Death date | 20130923 |
| Place of birth | Topeka (Kan.) |
| Place of death | Lafayette Hill (Pa.) |
| Field of activity | Botany Limnology Water--Pollution |
| Affiliation | University of Pennsylvania Academy of Natural Sciences of Philadelphia |
| Profession or occupation | Botanist Limnologist College teacher |
| Found in | Author's The diatoms of the United States, exclusive of Alaska and Hawaii, 1966- Biog. resource center (Contemp. authors), Aug. 18, 2005 (Ruth Patrick; b. Nov. 26, 1907, Topeka, Kan.; University of Virginia, Ph. D. (botany), 1934) Ruth Patrick--Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia Web site, Aug. 18, 2005 (Dr. Ruth Myrtle Patrick; b. 1907, Topeka, Kan.) 678 field information, Sept. 24, 2013 (Dept. of Limnology, Academy of Natural Sciences of Philadelphia; Dr. of Botany; b. 1907) New York times (online), viewed Sept. 24, 2013 (in obituary published Sept. 23: Ruth Patrick; b. Nov. 26, 1907, Topeka, Kan.; d. Monday [Sept. 23, 2013], Lafayette Hill, Pa., aged 105; pioneer in studying the health of freshwater streams and rivers who laid the scientific groundwork for modern pollution control efforts; one of the country's leading experts in the study of freshwater ecosystems, or limnology) |
| Associated language | eng |
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