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Isabella Abbott, PhD
An educator and ethnobotanist from Hawaii, leading expert on Pacific algae.
(1919 – 2010)
An educator and ethnobotanist from Hawaii, leading expert on Pacific algae.
The first native Hawaiian woman to receive a PhD in any science (1950).
Alma mater:
University of Hawaii at Mānoa
University of Michigan