Edith Nason Buckingham (September 28, 1877 – February 23, 1954) was an American zoologist, dog breeder, and chicken farmer. She was the first woman to earn a Ph.D. in zoology at Radcliffe College.
Buckingham was born in Boston, the daughter of Edward Marshall Buckingham and Alice Darracott Nason Buckingham. Her father and grandfather were both Harvard-trained physicians. [1] Her sister Margaret married biochemist Addison Gulick. She attended Girls Latin School and the Curtis-Peabody School. She attended Radcliffe College, graduating in 1902, [2] [3] and was president of the Radcliffe Science Club. [4]
In 1910, [5] Buckingham became the first woman to earn a Ph.D. in zoology at Radcliffe, [6] with a dissertation titled "Division of Labor among Ants" (1911). [7] [8] Her supervisor was Edward Laurens Mark at Harvard Zoological Laboratory. [9] [10] In connection with that project, she also wrote "A Light-Weight, Portable Outfit for the Study and Transportation of Ants" (1909), published in The American Naturalist. [11]
Buckingham worked at the Bermuda Biological Station for Research after college, [12] and taught science at high schools in Concord [13] and Abington, Massachusetts. [14] She was an active member of Phi Beta Kappa. [15] [16]
From 1927, Buckingham and her partner owned and operated Featherland Farm, a chicken farm in Sudbury, Massachusetts. [17] The farm grew to a large business, including farm equipment rentals. She also bred and raised show dogs, [18] [19] and was a founding member of the New England Old English Sheep Dog Club. She was a member of the Sudbury Woman's Club and the Sudbury Garden Club, and taught Sunday school at an Episcopal church. [4] She claimed that the "Grandmother's house" of Lydia Maria Child's 1844 " Over the river and through the wood" lyric was her farmhouse in Sudbury. [20]
Buckingham lived and worked with Emily G. Fish. [4] [21] Edith N. Buckingham died in 1954, at a Sudbury town meeting, aged 78 years. [22] After her death, the Framingham District Kennel Club gave a Memorial Trophy in her name. [23] Some of her correspondence is in the Gulick Family Papers at the Massachusetts Historical Society. [4]
Edith Nason Buckingham (September 28, 1877 – February 23, 1954) was an American zoologist, dog breeder, and chicken farmer. She was the first woman to earn a Ph.D. in zoology at Radcliffe College.
Buckingham was born in Boston, the daughter of Edward Marshall Buckingham and Alice Darracott Nason Buckingham. Her father and grandfather were both Harvard-trained physicians. [1] Her sister Margaret married biochemist Addison Gulick. She attended Girls Latin School and the Curtis-Peabody School. She attended Radcliffe College, graduating in 1902, [2] [3] and was president of the Radcliffe Science Club. [4]
In 1910, [5] Buckingham became the first woman to earn a Ph.D. in zoology at Radcliffe, [6] with a dissertation titled "Division of Labor among Ants" (1911). [7] [8] Her supervisor was Edward Laurens Mark at Harvard Zoological Laboratory. [9] [10] In connection with that project, she also wrote "A Light-Weight, Portable Outfit for the Study and Transportation of Ants" (1909), published in The American Naturalist. [11]
Buckingham worked at the Bermuda Biological Station for Research after college, [12] and taught science at high schools in Concord [13] and Abington, Massachusetts. [14] She was an active member of Phi Beta Kappa. [15] [16]
From 1927, Buckingham and her partner owned and operated Featherland Farm, a chicken farm in Sudbury, Massachusetts. [17] The farm grew to a large business, including farm equipment rentals. She also bred and raised show dogs, [18] [19] and was a founding member of the New England Old English Sheep Dog Club. She was a member of the Sudbury Woman's Club and the Sudbury Garden Club, and taught Sunday school at an Episcopal church. [4] She claimed that the "Grandmother's house" of Lydia Maria Child's 1844 " Over the river and through the wood" lyric was her farmhouse in Sudbury. [20]
Buckingham lived and worked with Emily G. Fish. [4] [21] Edith N. Buckingham died in 1954, at a Sudbury town meeting, aged 78 years. [22] After her death, the Framingham District Kennel Club gave a Memorial Trophy in her name. [23] Some of her correspondence is in the Gulick Family Papers at the Massachusetts Historical Society. [4]