Alice Middleton Boring

Alice Middleton Boring (born February 22, 1883 in Philadelphia; died September 18, 1955 in Cambridge, Massachusetts) was an American biologist and zoologist.

Biography

She studied at Bryn Mawr College where she received her Bachelor of Arts in 1904 and her Ph.D in 1910. She began her career as a cytologist and geneticist. From 1910 to 1918 she taught zoology at the University of Maine. From 1923 to 1950 she worked at Yenching University. During World War II she spent time in an internment camp, but later was able to return to America. After the war she went back to China for a few years, but spent her last years working at Smith College. She is noted for expanding knowledge of Chinese amphibians and reptiles in the West. [ [http://encarta.msn.com/encyclopedia_761582585/boring_alice_middleton.html Encarta] ]

Bibliography

*"Handbook of North China Amphibia and Reptiles" (1932) with Ch'eng-chao Liu and Shu-ch’un Chou, .
*"Survey of Chinese Amphibia" (1940) with Clifford Hillhouse Pope
*"Chinese Amphibians" : Living and Fossil Forms"' (1945)

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Print source

* Kraig Adler (1989). "Contributions to the History of Herpetology," Society for the study of amphibians and reptiles : 202 p.