Mary Emilie Holmes
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Gender | Female |
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Death | 118 years ago |
Date of birth | April 10,1850 |
Zodiac sign | Aries |
Born | Chester |
Ohio | |
United States | |
Date of died | February 13,1906 |
Died | Rockford |
Illinois | |
United States | |
Field | Geology |
Education | University of Michigan |
Founded | Mary Holmes College |
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ID | 731720 |
Mary Emilie Holmes Life story
Mary Emilie Holmes was a 19th-century American geologist and educator who became the first woman to be elected a fellow of the Geological Society of America. She was also one of the cofounders of a seminary for young black women that evolved into Mary Holmes College, which was named in memory of her mother.