Anna Parker Fessenden Explained

Anna Parker Fessenden
Birth Date:April 8, 1896
Birth Place:Thomaston, Maine, U.S.
Death Date:May 3, 1972
Death Place:Camden, Maine, U.S.
Occupation:Botanist, math educator

Anna Parker Fessenden (April 8, 1896 – May 3, 1972) was an American botanist and mathematics educator.

Early life and education

Anna Parker Fessenden was born in Thomaston, Maine, and raised in Mattapan, Massachusetts, the middle of three daughters of William S. Fessenden and Alida Mary Mehan Fessenden.[1] Her mother was assistant principal of Sandwich High School.[2]

Fessenden graduated from Girls' Latin School in 1914,[3] [4] and graduated from Smith College in 1918.[5] As a college student, she was active in the Smith College Unitarian Club,[6] and she edited and wrote for the Smith College Monthly.[7] She earned a master's degree from the University of Minnesota in 1920. Her master's thesis, under advisor Josephine Tilden,[8] was titled "Observations on Two Rare Australian Algae, Myriocladia Sciurus, Harvey and Bactrophora Irregularis, N. SP."[9]

Career

Fessenden taught botany at Vassar College,[10] Wellesley College[11] [12] and at the University of Minnesota.[13] She and Josephine Tilden co-authored an article on brown algae from Australia.[14] She taught mathematics at Needham High School in Massachusetts for 36 years, and was a director of math programs for the Needham school district. She retired from teaching in 1962.

Fessenden was an active member of several clubs including the Audubon Society, and a trustee of the Thomaston Historical Society.

Personal life

Fessenden died in 1972, aged 76 years, in Camden, Maine. Her grave is with her parents' graves, in Sandwich, Massachusetts.

Notes and References

  1. News: 1972-05-04. Noted Math and Science Teacher Dies in Camden. 24. The Bangor Daily News. 2021-10-28. Newspapers.com.
  2. News: 1920-06-13. Sandwich High Alumni to Meet. 55. The Boston Globe. 2022-01-24. Newspapers.com.
  3. News: 1913-05-01. Girls Present 'Iphigenia'. 16. Boston Evening Transcript. 2022-01-24. Newspapers.com.
  4. News: 1914-06-19. Girls' Latin High. 10. Boston Evening Transcript. 2022-01-24. Newspapers.com.
  5. Book: Smith College. Class of 1918. 1918. 51. Smith College. Internet Archive.
  6. News: 1916-06-19. New England Girls Chosen. 13. The Boston Globe. 2022-01-24. Newspapers.com.
  7. Fessenden. Anna Parker. January 1918. The Beacon. Smith College Monthly. 25. 176–177.
  8. Web site: Horsfield. Margaret. June 13, 2016. The Enduring Legacy of Josephine Tilden. live. 2021-10-28. Hakai Magazine. en. https://web.archive.org/web/20181205173915/https://www.hakaimagazine.com/features/enduring-legacy-josephine-tilden/ . 2018-12-05 .
  9. Fessenden, Anna Parker. "Observations on Two Rare Australian Algae, Myriocladia Sciurus, Harvey and Bactrophora Irregularis, N. SP." (1920).
  10. Book: College, Vassar. General Catalogue of the Officers and Graduates of Vassar College, Poughkeepsie, New York. 1920. 11. en.
  11. Book: College, Wellesley. Annual Reports [of] President and Treasurer]. 1921. 63. en.
  12. News: 1920-10-05. Reception Held at Wellesley College. 2. The Boston Globe. 2022-01-24. Newspapers.com.
  13. Book: University of Minnesota. Bulletin. 1922. 59. en.
  14. Tilden. Josephine E.. Fessenden. Anna Parker. 1930. Bactrophora irregularis, a New Brown Alga from Australia. Bulletin of the Torrey Botanical Club. 57. 6. 381–388. 10.2307/2480641. 2480641.

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