Margaretta Morris
Margaretta Hare Morris | |
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Margaretta Hare Morris, c. 1840s | |
| Born | 3 December 1797 Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, USA |
| Died | 29 May 1867 (aged 69) Germantown, Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, USA |
| Occupation | Entomologist |
| Known for | Being one of the first two women elected to the American Association for the Advancement of Science; being the second woman elected to the Academy of Natural Sciences of Philadelphia Discovering new species of the Hessian Fly |
| Family | Luke Morris (father)
Ann Willing (mother) Abigail Morris (sister) Ann Morris (sister) Thomas Morris (brother) Elizabeth Carrington Morris (sister) Susan Morris (sister) |
Margaretta Hare Morris (December 3, 1797 – May 29, 1867) was an American entomologist. Morris is known for her work with agricultural pests, specifically the Hessian fly, cicadas, and the Colorado potato beetle. Her observations on water beetles were also included in Charles Darwin’s On the Origin of Species, despite not being credited due to Darwin’s misogynistic beliefs. She and the astronomer Maria Mitchell were the first women elected to the American Association for the Advancement of Science in 1850. She was also the second woman elected to the Academy of Natural Sciences of Philadelphia in 1859, after Lucy Say.