Aime M. Awl Explained

Aime M. Awl
Other Names:Aime Rebecca Motter Awl
Birth Name:Aime Rebecca Motter
Birth Date:15 January 1887
Birth Place:Frederick, Maryland, U.S.
Death Place:Braddock Heights, Maryland, U.S.
Alma Mater:Johns Hopkins School of Medicine
Occupation:Scientific illustrator, scientific delineator
Employer:U.S. Department of Agriculture,
United States National Museum
Spouse:Francis Asbury Awl Jr.

Aime Rebecca Motter Awl (née Aime Rebecca Motter; –),[1] also known more commonly as Aime M. Awl, was an American scientific illustrator who worked for the U.S. Department of Agriculture,[2] and the U.S. National Museum (now the National Museum of Natural History).[3] [4] Awl is internationally recognized for her scientific illustration, especially of fish species.[5] [6] [7]

Biography

Aime Rebecca Motter was born in Frederick, Maryland on January 15,,[8] to Effie Buhrman (née Market) and Judge John Columbus Motter.[9] She graduated from the Girls' High School of Frederick. Awl married Major Francis Asbury Awl, Jr.,[10] on May 22, 1922 in West Virginia and they had no children. Awl attended classes at the Department of Art as Applied to Medicine at the Johns Hopkins School of Medicine, where she was a student of Max Brödel.

Awl worked as a scientific delineator for the Smithsonian Institution and her work appeared in a wide range of scientific publications and the Encyclopædia Britannica. She drew fish species, such as Daniops Myersi.[11] [12]

Awl died on October 15, 1973, at the Vindobona Nursing Home in Braddock Heights, Maryland.

Notes and References

  1. Web site: Aime M. Awl . 2023-01-10 . Conchology.be . Guido T. Poppe & Philippe Poppe - Conchology, Inc. . en.
  2. News: 1920-12-05 . Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, December 05, 1920, Image 21 ]. Chronicling America: Historic American Newspapers. Library of Congress. . 2022-05-03 . 2331-9968.
  3. News: June 22, 1944 . Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, June 22, 1944, Image 24 ]. B . Chronicling America: Historic American Newspapers . Library of Congress. . 2022-05-03 . 2331-9968.
  4. Book: Zoology Reprints and Separata, Etc . 1916 . 146 . 275 . en.
  5. News: Rosencrantz . Pat . 1960-10-14 . Local Woman's Scientific Illustrations In Britannica . 1 . The News (Frederick, Maryland) . 2023-01-10.
  6. Web site: October 14, 1960 . Scientific Illustrator . subscription . 2022-05-04 . Newspapers.com . The News (Frederick, MD) . 1 . en.
  7. Book: Schultz, Leonard Peter . Fishes of the Marshall and Marianas Islands . 1953 . U.S. Government Printing Office . 978-0-598-37226-0 . en.
  8. Web site: October 15, 1973 . Aimee Motter Awl in the U.S., Newspapers.com Obituary Index, 1800s-current . Ancestry.com . Social Security Death Index Master File, Social Security Administration (SSA) . Birth: 15 Jan 1887, Death: 15 Oct 1973.
  9. Web site: March 2, 1958 . Fredrick Social Events . subscription . 2022-05-04 . Newspapers.com . The Baltimore Sun . 88 . en.
  10. Web site: March 30, 1936 . F. A. Awl Fatally Stricken . subscription . 2022-05-04 . Newspapers.com . Harrisburg Telegraph . 8 . en.
  11. Book: United States National Museum.. Bulletin. Museum. United States National. 1945. G.P.O.. Washington.
  12. Book: Smith . Hobart Muir . An Annotated Checklist and Key to the Snakes of Mexico . Taylor . Edward Harrison . 1945 . U.S. Government Printing Office . en.

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