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Viola Shelly Schantz

Viola Shelly Schantz is a biology topic covered in the lgStudy science library. This page brings together a partial reference excerpt, illustrations, worked examples, real-world applications and a short study plan, so you can understand Viola Shelly Schantz rather than just read about it. In short: Viola Shelly Schantz (1895–1977) was an American biologist and zoologist. She worked for the United States Fish and Wildlife Service from 1918 to 1961, as a biological aide, biologist and systematic zoologist.

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Viola Shelly Schantz (1895–1977) was an American biologist and zoologist. She worked for the United States Fish and Wildlife Service from 1918 to 1961, as a biological aide, biologist and systematic zoologist. Stationed at the Smithsonian Institution throughout her career, she was the curator for the North American mammal collection in the National Museum of Natural History.

Biography Schantz was born in 1895 in Salisbury Township, Lehigh County, Pennsylvania, United States, to parents John and Laura Schantz. She died in May 1977 at the age of 82 in the District of Columbia.

Professional accomplishments Schantz was one of the founding members of the American Society of Mammalogists (ASM), and was present at their inaugural meeting at the United States National Museum (now the National Museum of Natural History), in Washington, D.C. on April 3–4, 1919. Schantz served as treasurer for the organization for twenty-two consecutive years, from 1930 to 1952, and was the first woman to chair the Local Committee for the annual meeting of the ASM in 1959. In 1945, Schantz named a previously unrecognized subspecies of American Badger. Jackson's Badger, (Taxidea taxus jacksoni) was named after American zoologist Dr. Hartley Harrad Thompson Jackson.

Publications She co-authored, with James Arthur Poole, a comprehensive catalog of the mammal specimens in the collections of the United States National Museum, which was published in 1942.

Awards and honors Schantz received the Honor Award for Distinguished Service from the United States Department of the Interior in January 1962.

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Example 3 — an exam-style question

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In research: Viola Shelly Schantz appears in biology research whenever the underlying quantities have to be modelled precisely. Papers usually cite it as a starting assumption and then explore where it breaks down.
In technology and industry: Engineering practice reuses Viola Shelly Schantz in design rules, simulations and safety margins. Knowing the idea lets you read a specification sheet and understand why the numbers look the way they do.
In the classroom: Viola Shelly Schantz is common in secondary-school and first-year university syllabi. It links to neighbouring topics 1895 births, 1977 deaths, 20th-century American women biologists, so understanding it makes those chapters shorter.
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