Kathleen E. Carpenter
Kathleen E. Carpenter | |
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Kathleen Carpenter circa 1910 | |
| Born | 24 March 1891 Gainsborough, Lincolnshire, England |
| Died | 29 May 1970 (aged 79) Cheltenham, Gloucestershire, England |
| Alma mater | Aberystwyth University |
| Scientific career | |
| Fields | Freshwater biology |
| Institutions | Aberystwyth University University of Illinois at Urbana–Champaign Radcliffe College McGill University Washington College University of Liverpool |
Kathleen E. Carpenter (1891–1970) was a British freshwater ecologist. She is best known for her early studies of the effects of metal pollution on Welsh rivers and their biota, as well as her book Life in Inland Waters, the first textbook in English wholly devoted to freshwater ecology.