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Dr Marjorie Apthorpe

Geologist who worked for over forty years as a paleontologist in the petroleum industry.

Georgina King was self-taught and developed an interest in geology. However, she propounded eccentric theories and was frustrated by lack of recognition by scientists and learned societies. The National Herbarium of Victoria holds almost 300 of King’s specimens.

Florence Collins

Florence Collins, geologist and aviator, was a woman of adventure and an important part of Denali National Park and Preserve’s long history of scientiﬁc research.

Elizabeth Cabot Cary Agassiz

Prominent American educator and naturalist, best known for her significant contributions to the field of education, particularly for women, and for co-founding Radcliffe College, which later became part of Harvard University.

Dr Kathryn D Sullivan

American geologist, former NASA astronaut, and oceanographer

Mary Andrews

Irish geologist

Tilly Edinger

Prominent Jewish German-American paleontologist.

Marie Tharp

Marie Tharp was an American geologist and oceanographic cartographer. In the 1950s, she worked with geologist Bruce Heezen to make the first scientific map of the Atlantic Ocean floor.

Dorothy Hill

Dorothy Hill was Research Professor of Geology, University of Queensland 1959-1972 and served for six months as President of the Australian Academy of Science, Canberra in 1970. She was the first female elected a Fellow of the Australian Academy of Science (FAA) and published widely on palaeontology, stratigraphy and geology.

Dr Daphne Pochin Mould

Irish geologist, author, photographer and flight instructor