Elizabeth Gault Fisher

Elizabeth Gault Fisher
BornApril 29, 1909 
Baltimore, Maryland, U.S.
DiedJanuary 1, 2000  (aged 90)
Westminster, Maryland, U.S.
Resting placeGreen Mount Cemetery 
EducationDoctor of Philosophy 
Alma materCornell University (BS, PhD)
OccupationEntomologist, bacteriologist, bryologist, botanical collector 
Academic background
ThesisA Comparative Study of the Male Terminalia of the Mycetophilidae of Nearctic America

Elizabeth Gault Fisher (April 29, 1909 – January 1, 2000) was an American entomologist, bacteriologist, and bryologist. She collected thousands of examples of Maryland mosses, including the first examples of a number of species in Maryland. A moss, Desmatodon fisherae, and an insect, Mycetophila fisherae, were named for her.

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