Dr.+Ann+Haven+Morgan


 * __Ann Haven Morgan; Scientist, Conservationist, Teacher __**  **__By: laurac541 __**



__Early Life __
 * Ann Haven Morgan was born on May 6th, 1882
 * She was christened Anna, but she changed her name to Ann around 1911
 * Her parents were Stanley and Julia Morgan
 * She has two siblings, a sister named Christine and a brother Stanley
 * Grew up on a farm in Connecticut
 * She showed her love for nature early as she played on her family’s farm
 * She was a rebellious and free-minded child
 * She attended Cornell University and Wellesley College
 * Wellesley was an all-girls university with many rules
 * Wellesley was very concerned about being ladylike
 * There were too many rules at Wellesley for Anna and as a result she often broke them
 * She transferred to Cornell University after a year at Wellesley, where she felt like an outcast
 * She got her Bachelor’s Degree in 1906 and her Ph.D. in 1912

__<span style="color: #ff0066; font-family: 'Century Schoolbook',serif;">Professional Life __ <span style="color: #cc00ff; font-family: 'Century Schoolbook',serif;"> __<span style="color: #00ff00; font-family: 'Century Schoolbook',serif;">The Study of Zoology __ __<span style="color: #ff6600; font-family: 'Century Schoolbook',serif;">Work Cited __ //<span style="font-family: 'Century Schoolbook',serif;">“ //<span style="font-family: 'Century Schoolbook',serif;">Morgan, Ann Haven (1882–1966).” //Hutchinson Dictionary of Scientific Biography//. 2013. Access Science. Web. 23 Sept. 2013. http://www.accessscience.com/content.aspx?SearchInputText=Ann+Haven+Morgan&id=M0090785 <span style="font-family: 'Century Schoolbook',serif;">Ross, Michael Elsohn. //Pond Watching with Ann Morgan//. Minneapolis: Carolrhoda 2000. //<span style="font-family: 'Century Schoolbook',serif; font-size: 11pt;">The Biographical Dictionary of Women in Science //<span style="font-family: 'Century Schoolbook',serif; font-size: 11pt;">. Volume 1. New York: Routledge 2002. Print.
 * <span style="font-family: 'Century Schoolbook',serif;">Ann was a United States Zoologist, Ecologist, and Naturalist
 * <span style="font-family: 'Century Schoolbook',serif;">Her special subject was botany but she showed great interest in zoology
 * <span style="font-family: 'Century Schoolbook',serif;">She was especially interested in hibernating animals
 * <span style="font-family: 'Century Schoolbook',serif;">Research, Conservation and Teaching were all subjects of importance to Morgan
 * <span style="font-family: 'Century Schoolbook',serif;">During the summers, she taught a course at the Marine Biological Laboratory at Woods Hole, Massachusetts on echinoderms (Marine invertebrates like starfish and sea urchins)
 * <span style="font-family: 'Century Schoolbook',serif;">In the summer, she also worked at the Tropical Research Laboratory in Guyana
 * <span style="font-family: 'Century Schoolbook',serif;">She was one of the only women to be excepted into the Entomological Society of America
 * <span style="font-family: 'Century Schoolbook',serif;">She also studied insects and was especially interested in the mayfly
 * <span style="font-family: 'Century Schoolbook',serif;">She served as a Chair of Zoology from 1914 to 1947
 * <span style="font-family: 'Century Schoolbook',serif;">Her research included many biological problems including the zoology of water insects, the physiology of hibernating animals, and conservation and ecology
 * <span style="font-family: 'Century Schoolbook',serif;">She was also a member of the National Committee on Policies in Conservation Education that had annual summer schools for teachers
 * <span style="font-family: 'Century Schoolbook',serif;">She taught at Mount Holyoke college and inspired many women like Elisabeth Adams
 * <span style="font-family: 'Century Schoolbook',serif;">She wrote a book called "The Field Book Of Ponds and Steams"
 * <span style="font-family: 'Century Schoolbook',serif;">Her formal retirement was in 1947
 * <span style="font-family: 'Century Schoolbook',serif;">She was involved in her work until the end of her life
 * <span style="font-family: 'Century Schoolbook',serif;">Zoology is the study of animals
 * <span style="font-family: 'Century Schoolbook',serif;">Can be viewed as an effort to analyze and classify animals
 * <span style="font-family: 'Century Schoolbook',serif;">Before the Middle Ages zoology was mostly folklore and descriptions of animals
 * <span style="font-family: 'Century Schoolbook',serif;">During the 12th century zoology began to evolve as a science
 * <span style="font-family: 'Century Schoolbook',serif;">Zoology is a branch of science that has many different branches, each one specializing in a different type of animal