Roxana Judkins Stinchfield Ferris

Roxana Judkins Stinchfield Ferris
Born Roxana Judkins Stinchfield
April 13, 1895
Sycamore, California
Died June 30, 1978
Palo Alto
Nationality U.S.
Education Stanford University
Occupation botanist
Spouse(s) Gordon Floyd Ferris (1893-1958)

Roxana ("Roxy") Judkins Stinchfield Ferris (April 13, 1895 – June 30, 1978)[1] was an U.S. botanist.

She was born in Sycamore, California, to Moses and Annie Stinchfield. She was named after her grandmother, Roxany Judkins.[2]

In 1916, Stinchfield Ferris earned a Master of Arts in Botany at Stanford University, and afterwards she joined the staff of the Dudley Herbarium at Stanford, collecting thousands of botanical specimens for the research collection there.[3] She specialized in collecting Phanerogams, and the botany of California and Mexico.[4] Stinchfield Ferris retired from the Dudley Herbarium in 1963,[5] and died in Palo Alto in 1978.

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References

  1. Tracy L. Morris. "Roxana Judkins STINCHFIELD". STINCHFIELD/STANCHFIELD Family Research. RootsWeb. Retrieved 28 May 2014.
  2. Marsha Bryant. "Stinchfield, Daniel". First Families in Vanderburgh, IN. Vanderburgh INGenWeb. Retrieved 28 May 2014.
  3. "Roxana Judkins Stinchfield Ferris (1895-1978)". Smithsonian Institution Archives. Retrieved 27 March 2015.
  4. "Ferris, Roxana Stinchfield". Harvard University Herbaria & Libraries Index of Botanists. Harvard University. Retrieved 27 March 2015.
  5. Timby, Sara. "The Dudley Herbarium, Including a Case Study of Terman's Restructuring of the Biology Department" (PDF). Stanford University. Retrieved 27 March 2015.
  6. "Author Query for 'Ferris'". International Plant Names Index.

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