Ethel Shakespear

Dame Ethel Shakespear
DBE JP
Born
Ethel Mary Reader Wood

(1871-07-17)17 July 1871
Biddenham, Bedfordshire, England
Died17 January 1946(1946-01-17) (aged 74)
EducationBedford High School for Girls
Alma materNewnham College, Cambridge
OccupationGeologist
Known forThe Lower Ludlow Formation and its Graptolite Fauna
SpouseGilbert Arden Shakespear
AwardsWollaston Fund & Murchison Medal

Dame Ethel Mary Reader Shakespear DBE JP (née Wood; 17 July 1871 – 17 January 1946) was an English geologist, Justice of the Peace, public servant, and philanthropist. She is most famously known for her work on the Lower Ludlow Formation and won several awards for her influential papers.

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