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Katherine Esau (1898–1997) was an American botanist and botanical collector specializing in plant anatomy. Born in Dnipro, she identified with the Mennonite worldview and spoke English. Her career included residence in Moscow, Berlin, Davis, and Santa Barbara, alongside immigration to the United States. She earned a Doctor of Sciences degree and was educated at Humboldt-Universität zu Berlin, the University of California, Berkeley, and the University of California, Davis.
Esau held positions at the University of California, Berkeley, the University of California, Davis, and the University of California, Santa Barbara, where her archives are held. She received the Guggenheim Fellowship and the National Medal of Science. She was a Fellow of the American Academy of Arts and Sciences and a member of the National Academy of Sciences and the American Philosophical Society. Her collection items are located at Harvard University Herbaria. She died in Santa Barbara.
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Wikidata facts
- Instance of
- human
- Given name
- Katherine
- Gender
- female
- Citizenship
- United States
- Place of birth
- Dnipro
- Place of death
- Santa Barbara
- Occupation
- botanical collector
- Educated at
- University of California, Berkeley
- Languages spoken
- English language
- Religion
- Mennonites
- Academic degree
- Doctor of Sciences
- Field of work
- plant anatomy
- Residence
- Dnipro
- Significant event
- retirement
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- date of birth
- 1898-04-03
- date of death
- 1997-06-04
- member of
- American Philosophical Society
- archives at
- University of California, Santa Barbara
- P6944
- Katherine Esau
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