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'''Anna Boleslavovna Missuna''' (12 November 1868 – 1922) was a Russian-born Polish geologist, mineralogist, and paleontologist.
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'''Anna Boleslavovna Missuna''' (12 November 1868 – 1922) was a Russian-born Polish geologist, mineralogist, and paleontologist.<ref name="BDWS">{{Cite book | url=https://books.google.com/books?id=LTSYePZvSXYC&q=Missuna&pg=PA899 |title = The Biographical Dictionary of Women in Science: L-Z|isbn = 9780415920407|last1 = Ogilvie|first1 = Marilyn Bailey|last2 = Harvey|first2 = Joy Dorothy|author-link = Marilyn Bailey Ogilvie|author2-link = Joy Harvey|year = 2000|publisher=Taylor & Fracis|pages=899–900}}</ref>


==Early life==
==Early life==
Anna Boleslavovna Missuna was born in [[Vitebsk]] province (then part of the Russian empire, now part of Belarus). Her parents were Polish. She was educated in [[Riga]], where she learned to speak German, and in [[Moscow]], where she had a scholarship for higher education from 1893 to 1896. She pursued further study in mineralogy with [[Vladimir Vernadsky]]<ref>Boris Ye. Borudsky, "Geochemical Mineralogy by Vladimir Ivanovitc Vernadsky and the Present Times" ''New Data on Minerals'' 48(2013): 102.</ref> and crystallographer [[Evgraf Fedorov]].<ref name="BDWS">[https://books.google.com/books?id=LTSYePZvSXYC&lpg=PA1229&dq=Women%20scientist%20born%20Poland&pg=PA899#v=onepage&q=born&f=false "Anna Boleslavovna Missuna"] in Marilyn Bailey Ogilvie, Joy Dorothy Harvey, eds., ''The Biographical Dictionary of Women in Science: L-Z'' (Taylor & Francis 2000): 899-900. ISBN 9780415920384</ref>
Missuna was born in the [[Vitebsk Region]] (then part of the Russian empire, now part of Belarus). Her parents were Polish. She was educated in [[Riga]], where she learned to speak German, and in [[Moscow]], where she had a scholarship for higher education from 1893 to 1896. She pursued further study in mineralogy with [[Vladimir Vernadsky]]<ref>Boris Ye. Borudsky, "Geochemical Mineralogy by Vladimir Ivanovitc Vernadsky and the Present Times" ''New Data on Minerals'' 48(2013): 102.</ref> and crystallographer [[Evgraf Fedorov]].<ref name="BDWS" />


==Career==
==Career==
Anna Missuna published her first geology article in 1898, a study of the crystalline forms of [[ammonium sulfate]], co-authored with L. V. Yakovleva, and published in the journal of the Moscow Naturalist Society. She worked often with V. D. Sokolov on the study of [[Quaternary]] deposits. She wrote about finite [[moraines]] in Poland, Lithuania, and Russia,<ref>William Bourke White, [https://books.google.com/books?id=_M67AAAAIAAJ&dq=Anna%20Missuna&pg=PA116#v=onepage&q=Anna%20Missuna&f=false ''The Quaternary Ice Age''] (Macmillan and Company 1914): 116-117.</ref> and glacial features in [[Belarus]] and [[Latvia]]. She published articles and monographs in both Russian and German.<ref name="BDWS" />
Her first geology article appeared in 1898, a study of the crystalline forms of [[ammonium sulfate]], co-authored with L. V. Yakovleva, published in the journal of the Moscow Naturalist Society. She worked often with V. D. Sokolov on the study of [[Quaternary]] deposits. She wrote scientific articles about finite [[moraines]] in Poland, Lithuania, and Russia,<ref>{{Cite web | url=https://books.google.com/books?id=_M67AAAAIAAJ&q=Anna+Missuna&pg=PA116 | title=The Quaternary Ice Age| last1=Wright| first1=William Bourke| year=1914|publisher=Macmillan and Company|pages=116–117}}</ref> glacial features in [[Belarus]] and [[Latvia]], and the [[Jurassic]] corals of [[Crimea]].<ref>{{Cite web | url=https://books.google.com/books?id=VdQRAAAAYAAJ&q=Missuna&pg=PA110 |title = Nature|last1 = Lockyer|first1 = Sir Norman|year = 1905}}</ref> She published articles and monographs in both Russian and German.<ref name="BDWS" />


From 1907 to 1922, Anna Boleslavovna Missuna was a chemistry professor at her alma mater, the Moscow Highest Women's Courses, assisting V. D. Sokolov.<ref>Olga Valkova, [http://www.jstor.org.gate.lib.buffalo.edu/stable/40207006 "The Conquest of Science: Women and Science in Russia, 1860-1940"] ''Osiris'' 23(2008): 154.</ref> She also taught petrography, paleontology, historical geology, and historical geography.<ref name="BDWS" />
From 1907 to 1922, Missuna was a chemistry professor at her alma mater, the [[Guerrier Courses|Moscow Highest Women's Courses]], assisting V. D. Sokolov.<ref>{{Cite journal |jstor = 40207006|title = The Conquest of Science: Women and Science in Russia, 1860-1940|journal = Osiris|volume = 23|at = page 154 of 136–165|last1 = Valkova|first1 = Olga|year = 2008|doi = 10.1086/591872|pmid = 18831320|s2cid = 19383044}}</ref> She also taught petrography, paleontology, historical geology, and historical geography.<ref name="BDWS" />


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Missuna died in 1922, aged 53 years.<ref name="BDWS" />
==Personal life==
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Anna Missuna died in 1922, aged 53 years.<ref name="BDWS" />


==References==
==References==
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Latest revision as of 20:56, 3 January 2024

Anna Missuna
Born(1868-11-12)12 November 1868
Vitebsk Region
Died2 May 1922(1922-05-02) (aged 53)
Alma materMoscow Highest Women's Courses
Scientific career
FieldsGeology

Anna Boleslavovna Missuna (12 November 1868 – 1922) was a Russian-born Polish geologist, mineralogist, and paleontologist.[1]

Early life

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Missuna was born in the Vitebsk Region (then part of the Russian empire, now part of Belarus). Her parents were Polish. She was educated in Riga, where she learned to speak German, and in Moscow, where she had a scholarship for higher education from 1893 to 1896. She pursued further study in mineralogy with Vladimir Vernadsky[2] and crystallographer Evgraf Fedorov.[1]

Career

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Her first geology article appeared in 1898, a study of the crystalline forms of ammonium sulfate, co-authored with L. V. Yakovleva, published in the journal of the Moscow Naturalist Society. She worked often with V. D. Sokolov on the study of Quaternary deposits. She wrote scientific articles about finite moraines in Poland, Lithuania, and Russia,[3] glacial features in Belarus and Latvia, and the Jurassic corals of Crimea.[4] She published articles and monographs in both Russian and German.[1]

From 1907 to 1922, Missuna was a chemistry professor at her alma mater, the Moscow Highest Women's Courses, assisting V. D. Sokolov.[5] She also taught petrography, paleontology, historical geology, and historical geography.[1]

Missuna died in 1922, aged 53 years.[1]

References

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  1. ^ a b c d e Ogilvie, Marilyn Bailey; Harvey, Joy Dorothy (2000). The Biographical Dictionary of Women in Science: L-Z. Taylor & Fracis. pp. 899–900. ISBN 9780415920407.
  2. ^ Boris Ye. Borudsky, "Geochemical Mineralogy by Vladimir Ivanovitc Vernadsky and the Present Times" New Data on Minerals 48(2013): 102.
  3. ^ Wright, William Bourke (1914). "The Quaternary Ice Age". Macmillan and Company. pp. 116–117.
  4. ^ Lockyer, Sir Norman (1905). "Nature".
  5. ^ Valkova, Olga (2008). "The Conquest of Science: Women and Science in Russia, 1860-1940". Osiris. 23. page 154 of 136–165. doi:10.1086/591872. JSTOR 40207006. PMID 18831320. S2CID 19383044.
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