Emmeline Moore

Emmeline Moore (April 29, 1872–September 12, 1963) was an American biologist known for her various articles on fish diseases, as well as pioneering work in conservation and combating water pollution. She earned a PhD in biology from Cornell University in 1916. Moore supervised and edited fourteen watershed reports conducted in New York between 1926 and 1939 and these were the most comprehensive scientific surveys of any states' water resources. She died at a nursing home in Guilderland, New York, at the age of 91 following an extended illness. Provided by Wikipedia