| LC control no. | n 81110405 |
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| Descriptive conventions | rda |
| Personal name heading | Mathias, Mildred E. (Mildred Esther), 1906-1995 |
| Variant(s) | Hassler, Mildred Esther Mathias, 1906-1995 Mathias, Mildred Esther, 1906- |
| Birth date | 19060919 |
| Death date | 19950216 |
| Place of birth | Sappington (Mo.) |
| Place of death | Westwood (Los Angeles, Calif.) |
| Field of activity | Umbelliferae |
| Affiliation | University of California, Los Angeles American Society of Plant Taxonomists |
| Profession or occupation | Botanists |
| Found in | Her Studies in the Umbelliferae III ... 1930. Flowering plants in the landscape, c1982: t.p. (Mildred E. Mathias) Neotropical biodiversity and conservation, 1996: pref., etc. (Mildred Esther Mathias; Mildred Esther Mathias Hassler (1906-1995); all works published under the name Mathias) UCLA Mildred E. Mathias Botanical Garden WWW site, 6 Jan., 2015 (Mildred Esther Mathias Hassler; Mildred Esther Mathias; b. Sappington, Missouri, 19 Sep., 1906; hooked on botany, and at Washington University earned the A.B. (1926), M.A. (1927) and Ph.D. (1929) while conducting her graduate research at the Missouri Botanical Garden; marrying Gerald L. Hassler, a Ph.D. in physics, in Philadelphia on August 30, 1930; carried on independent research on the umbellifers during various research appointments; in 1954, an umbellifer from northeastern Mexico was named as the genus Mathiasella in her honor; in 1964 she was elected as the first woman president of the American Society of Plant Taxonomists; in 1956, Mildred Mathias was appointed director of the Botanical Garden, and served as such until retirement in 1974; d. 16 Feb., 1995, resulting from a stroke suffered gardening at home in Westwood) <http://www.botgard.ucla.edu/mildred-mathias.html> |
| Associated language | eng |
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