Matilda Moldenhauer Brooks (b. 1890)

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Object Details

Creator

Scott, Julian P

Subject

Brooks, Matilda Moldenhauer

Brooks, Sumner Cushing 1888-1948

Harvard University

United States Public Health Service

University of California (1868-1952)

Summary

Botanist Matilda Moldenhauer (b. 1890) was completing graduate work at Harvard University (Ph.D., 1920) when she met biologist Sumner Cushing Brooks. During their marriage, Matilda and Sumner conducted joint research projects and coauthored such works as The Permeability of Living Cells. From 1920-1927, she worked for the U.S. Public Health Service and, after that, was on the research staff of the University of California. During the 1930s, she discovered an antidote for carbon monoxide and cyanide poisoning.

Cite as

Smithsonian Institution Archives, Accession 90-105, Science Service Records, Image No. SIA2007-0392

Repository Loc.

Smithsonian Institution Archives Capital Gallery, Suite 3000, MRC 507; 600 Maryland Avenue, SW; Washington, DC 20024-2520

Date

1927

Before February 1927

Local number

SIA Acc. 90-105 [SIA2007-0392]

Restrictions & Rights

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Type

Black-and-white photographs

Physical description

Photographic prints

Data Source

Smithsonian Institution Archives

Topic

Botany

Metadata Usage

CC0

Record ID

siris_arc_290429