Mildred Adams Fenton (November 14, 1899 – December 7, 1995)[1] trained in paleontology and geology at the University of Iowa. She coauthored dozens of general science books with her husband, Carroll Lane Fenton, including Records of Evolution (1924), Land We Live On (1944), and Worlds in the Sky (1963).
Mildred Adams Fenton
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Born | 14 November 1899 (1899-11-14)
Cedar County, Iowa
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Died | 7 December 1995 (1995-12-08) (aged 96)
Iowa City, Iowa
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Scientific career | |
Fields | paleontology geology |
Institutions | University of Iowa |
Author abbrev. (botany) | M.A.Fenton |
Mildred Adams was born near West Branch, Iowa,[2] the daughter of Ollie M. Adams and Mary Ann Yetter Adams.[1] She graduated from the University of Chicago, where she met her husband Carroll Lane Fenton while they were both undergraduates.[3][4]
In addition to their scholarly contributions, the couple wrote fifty books on general science topics, and her photographs were often used as illustrations.[2] Unless otherwise indicated, Fenton was co-author on the following articles and books, with her husband Carroll Lane Fenton.
Mildred Adams and Carroll Lane Fenton married in 1921. The couple established a scholarship fund for Hopi students at Northern Arizona University.[4] She was president of the New Jersey and Iowa chapters of the Daughters of Founders and Patriots of America. She traveled extensively in her later years, including several trips to Australia and a visit to Russia.[2] Carroll died in 1969,[23] and she died in 1995, at the age of 96, in Iowa City.[3]