Cornelia Clapp, Date of Birth, Place of Birth, Date of Death

Cornelia Clapp

American zoologist

Date of Birth: 17-Mar-1849

Place of Birth: Montague, Massachusetts, United States

Date of Death: 31-Dec-1934

Profession: librarian, zoologist, university teacher, entomologist, ichthyologist, malacologist, scientific illustrator

Nationality: United States

Zodiac Sign: Pisces

Cornelia Maria Clapp (March 17, 1849 – December 31, 1934) was an American zoologist and academic specializing in marine biology.
She was born in Montague, Massachusetts, the first daughter and oldest child of two teachers, and was rated as one of the top zoologists in the United States in her lifetime.Clapp attended Syracuse University and the University of Chicago, earning both the first and second Ph.B.
degrees awarded to women in the United States, in 1889 from Syracuse and 1896 from Chicago.
Mount Holyoke’s Cornelia Clapp Laboratory, built in 1924 to house the school’s biology classes, was named in her honor.