Emma Laughlin

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Emma Eliza Laughlin (1866-1962) was an American librarian, amateur botanist and educator known for her research on mustard plants and her vast herbarium. Though she had no formal botany education and worked as a high school teacher, she published extensively on the flora of Ohio, particularly rare plants, and founded the Barnesville, Ohio public library. She contributed her herbarium to Ohio State University. [1]

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References

  1. Joy Harvey and Marilyn Ogilvie (1 January 2000). Laughlin, Emma Eliza. The Biographical Dictionary of Women in Science. Vol. 2. Marilyn Ogilvie and Joy Harvey (editors). New York and London: Routledge. p. 751-JH/MBO. ISBN   978-0-415-92040-7.