Cora Jipson Beckwith

Cora Jipson Beckwith (24 March 1875 - 9 January 1955) was an American zoologist who was a researcher and professor at Vassar College in New York.[1]

Cora Jipson Beckwith
Born(1875-03-24)March 24, 1875
Grand Rapids, Michigan
DiedJanuary 9, 1955(1955-01-09) (aged 79)
Washington
Alma materMichigan State University / Columbia University
Scientific career
Fieldszoology

Life

Beckwith was born in Grand Rapids, Michigan to William Griswold Beckwith and Maria A. Jipson.[2][3]

She began her Vassar College teaching career in 1900 after her graduation from Michigan State University. She continued her postgraduate studies while still teaching at Vassar College, gaining an M.A. in biology from Columbia University in New York City in 1908, and her PhD, also from Columbia, in 1914.[3]

Research

Her cytology research primarily concerned bowfin (Amia calva) and the lateral cell lines of these bony fish. She also worked on the cytology of the germ cells of certain hydroids, and published papers describing her findings in the academic journal, Biological Bulletin.[4][5]

Beckwith's teaching career at Vassar College began when she was appointed an assistant professor in 1900. She was later named a full professor and was chair of the zoology department when she retired in 1940. Later she became a Professor Emeritus, known for her teaching of histology, embryology and cytology.[2]

Final years

After Beckwith retired from teaching, she remained at Vassar for ten years, continuing her residency in Williams Hall, where she looked after the students living there. In 1950, she moved to Washington, D.C. to live with her two sisters who were already there.[2] She died 9 January 1955 in Washington, D.C., at the age of 79, and was buried in the family plot in Oakhill Cemetery in Grand Rapids, Michigan.[6]

Memberships

She was a life member of the Marine Biological Laboratory at Woods Hole, Massachusetts where "in her younger days she had spent many summers."[2]

Selected works
  • 1907 The Early Development of the Lateral Line System of Amia Calva[4]
  • 1909 Preliminary Report on the Early History of the Egg and Embryon of Certain Hydroids[5]
  • 1914 The genesis of the plasma-structure in the egg of Hydractinia echinata[7]
  • 1920 Note on a peculiar pancreatic bladder in the cat[8]
  • 1927 The effect of the extirpation of the lens rudiment on the development of the eye in Amblystoma punctatum, with special reference to the choroid fissure[9]

References
  1. Ogilvie, Marilyn Bailey; Harvey, Joy (1999). The Biographical Dictionary of Women in Science: Pioneering Lives from Ancient Times to the Mid-20th Century, Volume 1. Routledge. p. 102. ISBN 978-0415920407.
  2. "Beckwith, Cora Jipson, 1875-1955 -- Memorial Minute". Retrieved 5 December 2016.
  3. Leonard, John William (1914). Woman's Who's who of America: A Biographical Dictionary of Contemporary Women of the United States and Canada. American Commonwealth Company. p. 89.
  4. Beckwith, Cora J. (1907-01-01). "The Early Development of the Lateral Line System of Amia Calva". Biological Bulletin. 14 (1): 23–34. doi:10.2307/1535645. JSTOR 1535645.
  5. Beckwith, Cora Jipson (1909-01-01). "Preliminary Report on the Early History of the Egg and Embryo of Certain Hydroids". Biological Bulletin. 16 (4): 183–192. doi:10.2307/1536147. JSTOR 1536147.
  6. "Cora Jipson Beckwith (1875-1955) - Find A Grave..." www.findagrave.com. Retrieved 2020-08-19.
  7. Beckwith, Cora Jipson (1914-06-01). "The genesis of the plasma-structure in the egg of Hydractinia echinata". Journal of Morphology. 25 (2): 189–251. doi:10.1002/jmor.1050250202. ISSN 1097-4687. S2CID 85139164.
  8. Beckwith, Cora Jipson (1920-05-01). "Note on a peculiar pancreatic bladder in the cat". The Anatomical Record. 18 (4): 363–367. doi:10.1002/ar.1090180407. ISSN 1097-0185. S2CID 86843823.
  9. Beckwith, Cora Jipson (1927-10-01). "The effect of the extirpation of the lens rudiment on the development of the eye in Amblystoma punctatum, with special reference to the choroid fissure". Journal of Experimental Zoology. 49 (1): 217–259. doi:10.1002/jez.1400490108. ISSN 1097-010X.
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