https://philadelphiaencyclopedia.org/essays/academy-of-natural-sciences/?utm_source=rss&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=academy-of-natural-sciences Connecting the Past with the Present, Building Community, Creating a Legacy Mon, 21 Feb 2022 16:34:01 +0000 hourly 1 https://philadelphiaencyclopedia.org/essays/academy-of-natural-sciences/comment-page-1/#comment-1419394 Wed, 03 Aug 2016 14:29:52 +0000 https://philadelphiaencyclopedia.org/?p=20740#comment-1419394 A very interesting account of the Academy from its start in 1811. I wish the writer had given some deserved credit to Ruth Patrick Hodge, the limnologist who gave her career success to the Academy. She was a pioneer and family friend who was very modest about her accomplishments. She went often to Washington to testify about her research before Congress. Clean water, of course, will be one of the 21st century crisis topics.

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