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Also Known As Ruth Myrtle Patrick
Born November 26, 1907 • Topeka • Kansas
Died September 23, 2013 (aged 105) • Pennsylvania
Notable Works “The Diatoms of the United States Exclusive of Alaska and Hawaii”
Subjects Of Study diatom

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