Hanna Czeczott Explained

Hanna Czeczott (3 January 1888 – 17 March 1982) was a Polish botanist, and paleobiologist. She was awarded the Order of the Banner of Work.

Life

She was born in Saint Petersburg. She graduated from the Geographical Institute of Petersburg.^{[1] [2]}

In 1910, she married mining engineer Henryk Czeczott. In 1935, she met William Culp Darrah at a European Conference.^[3] She worked at the Museum of the Earth. She studied Miocene flora fossils, and Baltic amber. Her botanical collections are held at the University of Warsaw

Works

• A Contribution to the knowledge of the flora and vegetation of Turkey Verlag des Repertoriums, 1938

Notes and References

1. Web site: Obituary - Hanna Czeczott. palaeobotany.org.
2. Web site: Honorary members of the Polish Botanical Society, Botanical News 38 (1/2), 9-29, 1994. bomax.botany.pl/.
3. Book: Darrah. William Culp. Historical perspective of early twentieth century Carboniferous paleobotany in North America. C. Paul. Wagner. Robert Herman. 1995. Geological Society of America. 978-0-8137-1185-0. en.