Alexander, Montague Annie (1867-1950)

Alexander, Montague Annie (1867-1950)

Biographical Chronology

1867- Born on December 29 in Honolulu, Hawaii, the third of four children born to Samuel Thomas and Martha Cook Alexander.

1882 Alexander family moves to Oakland, CA.

1886 AMA enrolls in La Salle Seminary for girls in Auburn, MA.

1888 In the summer, Alexander family travels abroad. AMA remains to study art and music in Paris. She abandons her studies due to headaches caused by eye strain.

189? AMA enters Fabiola Hospital as student nurse, again leaves due to eyestrain and
headaches.

1896 Travels to South Pacific, Singapore, Hong Kong, and Canton.

1900 In the fall, attends lectures at University of California, including paleontology class taught by John C. Merriam; becomes fascinated with paleontology and vertebrates.

1901 Finances and participates in Merriam's summer fossil-collecting expedition to Fossil Lake

1902 Finances and participates in Merriam's summer fossil-collecting expedition to Shasta County, CA.

1903 Finances and participates in Merriam's summer fossil-collecting expedition to Shasta County, CA.

1905 Finances and participates in Merriam's summer "Saurian expedition" to the Humbolt Range, NV, which reveals great Triassic ichthyosaur skeleton deposits.

1906 Begins monthly contributions to support research in paleontology at the University of California.

1906-08- Summer hunting and collecting expeditions to Alaska.

1908 Provides funds to establish the Museum of Vertebrate Zoology at the University of California.

1919 Establishes an endowment fund for the Museum of Vertebrate Zoology.

1921 Provides funds to establish the Museum of Paleontology as a separate unit of the University of California.

1934 Establishes an endowment fund for the Museum of Paleontology to "safeguard for the future the care of collections on which I have already expended many thousands of dollars." Continues to be active in her own fieldwork.

1948 Provides funds for student research fellowships in the Museum of Paleontology and the Museum of Vertebrate Zoology.

1950 Passes away on September 10, following illness and a cerebral hemorrhage.

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Paleontologist Samuel P. Welles named the plesiosaur, Hydrotherosaurus alexandrae, in her honor.
Dr. Grinnell has named in her honor a subspecies of Ptarmigan (Lagopus 1. alexandrae) from Baranof Island, Alaska, and a form of the White-breasted Nuthatch (Sitta c. alexandrae) from Lower California.

Cronologia Ornitologica

1867-	Born on December 29 in Honolulu, Hawaii, the third of four children born to Samuel Thomas and Martha Cook Alexander.
1882	Alexander family moves to Oakland, CA.
1886	AMA enrolls in La Salle Seminary for girls in Auburn, MA.
1888	In the summer, Alexander family travels abroad. AMA remains to study art and music in Paris. She abandons her studies due to headaches caused by eye strain.
189?	AMA enters Fabiola Hospital as student nurse, again leaves due to eyestrain and headaches.
1896	Travels to South Pacific, Singapore, Hong Kong, and Canton.
1900	In the fall, attends lectures at University of California, including paleontology class taught by John C. Merriam; becomes fascinated with paleontology and vertebrates.
1901	Finances and participates in Merriam's summer fossil-collecting expedition to Fossil Lake
1902	Finances and participates in Merriam's summer fossil-collecting expedition to Shasta County, CA.
1903	Finances and participates in Merriam's summer fossil-collecting expedition to Shasta County, CA.
1905	Finances and participates in Merriam's summer "Saurian expedition" to the Humbolt Range, NV, which reveals great Triassic ichthyosaur skeleton deposits.
1906	Begins monthly contributions to support research in paleontology at the University of California.
1906-08-	Summer hunting and collecting expeditions to Alaska.
1908	Provides funds to establish the Museum of Vertebrate Zoology at the University of California.
1919	Establishes an endowment fund for the Museum of Vertebrate Zoology.
1921	Provides funds to establish the Museum of Paleontology as a separate unit of the University of California.
1934	Establishes an endowment fund for the Museum of Paleontology to "safeguard for the future the care of collections on which I have already expended many thousands of dollars." Continues to be active in her own fieldwork.
1948	Provides funds for student research fellowships in the Museum of Paleontology and the Museum of Vertebrate Zoology.
1950	Passes away on September 10, following illness and a cerebral hemorrhage.