Isabella Abbott

For the Canadian artist, see Isabella Mary Abbott.
Dr.
Isabella Aiona Abbott
Professor of Biological Sciences, Emerita, at Stanford University
Personal details
BornIsabella Kauakea Yau Yung Aiona
(1919-06-20)20 June 1919
Hana, Maui, Territory of Hawaii
Died28 October 2010(2010-10-28) (aged 91)
Oahu, Hawaii, US
SpouseDonald Putnam Abbott
ChildrenAnnie Abbott Foerster, daughter
Alma materKamehameha Schools
University of Hawaiʻi at Mānoa
University of Michigan
University of California, Berkeley
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Isabella Aiona Abbott (June 20, 1919 – October 28, 2010) was an educator, phycologist, and ethnobotanist from Hawaii. The first native Hawaiian woman to receive a PhD in science, she became a leading expert on Pacific marine algae.

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