Henrietta Hooker
Henrietta Edgecomb Hooker | |
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Hooker in 1893 | |
| Born | December 12, 1851 |
| Died | May 13, 1929 (aged 77) |
| Education | Mount Holyoke College Syracuse University |
| Scientific career | |
| Fields | Botany |
| Institutions | Mount Holyoke College |
| Thesis | On Cuscuta Gronovii (1889) |
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Henrietta Edgecomb Hooker (December 12, 1851 – May 13, 1929) was an American botanist and professor at Mount Holyoke Female Seminary (now Mount Holyoke College). She was the second female doctoral graduate in botany at Syracuse University, which made her one of the first women to earn a Ph.D. in botany from any U.S. university.