101 - Cornelia Marschall Smith - Waco,TX
Posted by: WalksfarTX
N 31° 32.172 W 097° 06.540
14R E 679523 N 3490578
Dr. Smith was a Professor of Biology at Baylor University from 1940 to 1967, Chairman of the Biology Department from 1935 to 1940, and Director of the Strecker Museum from 1942 to 1967.
Waymark Code: WMYJR3
Location: Texas, United States
Date Posted: 06/21/2018
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Birth -
15 Oct 1895 -
Llano County, Texas, USA
Death -
27 Aug 1997 (aged 101) -
Waco, McLennan County, Texas, USA
The 1920 census lists Cornelia Marschall as a high school teacher in Llano County, Texas, where she was born the daughter of Ernst Marschall and Lucy Meusebach. Her grandfather John Meusebach, was the Commissioner General of the Adelverein, or the Society for the Protection of German Immigrants and was the founder of Fredericksburg, Texas.
Her doctoral dissertation, "Development of Donaeea muscipula: Flower and Seed" appeared in the Botanical Gazette in 1929.
Dr. Smith was elected to the Texas Women's Hall of Fame in 1989.
She was married to Charles George Smith (1891-1967), a Professor of English at Baylor University.