Julia Anna Gardner
| Julia Gardner | |
|---|---|
| Born |
January 6, 1882 Chamberlain, South Dakota |
| Died | November 15, 1960 (aged 78) |
| Nationality | American |
| Alma mater | Bryn Mawr College, Johns Hopkins University |
| Known for | Study of stratigraphy and ancient molluscs |
| Scientific career | |
| Fields | Paleontology, Geology |
| Institutions | United States Geological Survey |
Julia Anna Gardner (January 26, 1882 – November 15, 1960), was an American geologist who worked for the United States Geological Survey for 32 years, was known worldwide for her work in stratigraphy and mollusc paleontology.
Gardner was born in Chamberlain, South Dakota, the only child of Charles Henry and Julia (Brackett) Gardner. At the very young age of 4 months, Julia’s father died. Julia and her mother moved back to Dixon (the home of Julia’s mother) in 1895, and then by 1898, they moved to North Adams, Mass; here, Julia completed her high school education at Drury Academy. Paying for it with money left to her by her grandmother. She was raised in South Dakota but completed high school in North Adams, Massachusetts.
She earned a Bachelor of Arts in 1905 and a Master's degree in 1907 from Bryn Mawr College. She studied courses such as paleontology and geology. Through her studies here, she made many close friends, that she would continue to work with later in her life.
Gardner was the first woman admitted as a full-fledged student to the Department of Geology at Johns Hopkins University, and she earned her Ph.D. in paleontology there in 1911. She continued work as an assistant in paleontology at the university. The Maryland Geological Survey published her studies of the Late Cretaceous Mollusca of Maryland in 1916.
During World War I she served as an auxiliary nurse in France and worked with the American Friends Service Committee in devastated areas of France after the war, returning to the United States in 1920. She then joined the United States Geological Survey, spending most of her career studying the Tertiary beds in the coastal plain, including areas from Maryland south into Mexico. Her work in Texas in the 1920s included consultation with petroleum company geologists and identification of seventy new species of Texas fossils. She did extensive research of Gulf Coast fauna, including in Mexico during the 1930s and 1940s.
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