Libbie Hyman
Libbie Hyman · Science & Medicine
Zoologist whose comprehensive treatises on invertebrates became foundational references.
1888, Des Moines, Iowa, United States — 1969, New York City, United States
United States
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Libbie Henrietta Hyman was an American zoologist whose multi-volume treatise The Invertebrates became a foundational reference for the study of invertebrate animals. She was Jewish, the daughter of Polish and Russian Jewish immigrants, and worked largely independently, supporting herself with royalties from her earlier laboratory manuals. Her scholarship remains a cornerstone of invertebrate zoology.
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Zoologist whose comprehensive treatises on invertebrates became foundational references.
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