Mildred Adams Fenton (November 14, 1899 – December 7, 1995)[1] trained in
paleontology and
geology at the
University of Iowa. She coauthored dozens of general science books with her husband,
Carroll Lane Fenton, including Records of Evolution (1924), Land We Live On (1944), and Worlds in the Sky (1963).
Early life and education
Mildred Adams was born near
West Branch, Iowa,[2] the daughter of Ollie M. Adams and Mary Ann Yetter Adams.[1] She graduated from the
University of Chicago, where she met her husband Carroll Lane Fenton while they were both undergraduates.[3][4]
Selected publications
In addition to their scholarly contributions, the couple wrote fifty books on general science topics, and her photographs were often used as illustrations.[2] Unless otherwise indicated, Fenton was co-author on the following articles and books, with her husband Carroll Lane Fenton.
Scholarly works
"Some Black River Brachiopods from the Mississippi Valley" (1922)[5]
Mildred Adams and Carroll Lane Fenton married in 1921. The couple established a scholarship fund for
Hopi students at
Northern Arizona University.[4] She was president of the New Jersey and Iowa chapters of the Daughters of Founders and Patriots of America. She traveled extensively in her later years, including several trips to Australia and a visit to Russia.[2] Carroll died in 1969,[23] and she died in 1995, at the age of 96, in
Iowa City.[3]
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abGenovese, Peter (1992-03-15).
"A life spent boning up on fossils". The Central New Jersey Home News. p. 13. Retrieved 2023-01-20 – via Newspapers.com.
S. George Pemberton and James A. MacEachern (1994). "Carroll Lane Fenton and Mildred Adams Fenton: Pioneers of North American Neoichnology," Ichnos: An International Journal for Plant and Animal Traces 3(2): 145–153.
Mildred Adams Fenton (November 14, 1899 – December 7, 1995)[1] trained in
paleontology and
geology at the
University of Iowa. She coauthored dozens of general science books with her husband,
Carroll Lane Fenton, including Records of Evolution (1924), Land We Live On (1944), and Worlds in the Sky (1963).
Early life and education
Mildred Adams was born near
West Branch, Iowa,[2] the daughter of Ollie M. Adams and Mary Ann Yetter Adams.[1] She graduated from the
University of Chicago, where she met her husband Carroll Lane Fenton while they were both undergraduates.[3][4]
Selected publications
In addition to their scholarly contributions, the couple wrote fifty books on general science topics, and her photographs were often used as illustrations.[2] Unless otherwise indicated, Fenton was co-author on the following articles and books, with her husband Carroll Lane Fenton.
Scholarly works
"Some Black River Brachiopods from the Mississippi Valley" (1922)[5]
Mildred Adams and Carroll Lane Fenton married in 1921. The couple established a scholarship fund for
Hopi students at
Northern Arizona University.[4] She was president of the New Jersey and Iowa chapters of the Daughters of Founders and Patriots of America. She traveled extensively in her later years, including several trips to Australia and a visit to Russia.[2] Carroll died in 1969,[23] and she died in 1995, at the age of 96, in
Iowa City.[3]
^
abGenovese, Peter (1992-03-15).
"A life spent boning up on fossils". The Central New Jersey Home News. p. 13. Retrieved 2023-01-20 – via Newspapers.com.
S. George Pemberton and James A. MacEachern (1994). "Carroll Lane Fenton and Mildred Adams Fenton: Pioneers of North American Neoichnology," Ichnos: An International Journal for Plant and Animal Traces 3(2): 145–153.