What is Elsie Quarterman?
[[File:Elsie Quarterman 2012.jpg|thumb|Quarterman in 2012]] '''Elsie Quarterman''' (November 28, 1910 – June 9, 2014) was an [[Americans|American]] plant ecologist. She was a Professor Emerita at [[Vanderbilt University]]. She is known for her work on the ecology of [[Tennessee]] [[cedar glade]]s. Quarterman was born on November 28, 1910 in [[Valdosta, Georgia]]. She earned a B.A. from Georgia State Women's College (now [[Valdosta State University]]) in 1932 and earned an M.A. in botany from Duke University in 1943. She died on June 9, 2014, at the age of 103.<ref>{{cite web|last=Furlong|first=Kara|title=Elsie Quarterman, who rediscovered Tennessee coneflower, dies at 103|work=Vanderbilt News|publisher=Vanderbilt University|date=June 12, 2014|url=http://news.vanderbilt.edu/2014/06/elsie-quarterman/|accessdate=June 12, 2014}}</ref> ==Related pages== *[[List of ecologists]] ==References== {{reflist}} {{DEFAULTSORT:Quarterman, Elsie}} [[Category:1910 births]] [[Category:2014 deaths]] [[Category:Academics from Tennessee]] [[Category:American centenarians]] [[Category:American ecologists]] [[Category:Scientists from Georgia (U.S. state)]] [[Category:Valdosta, Georgia]] {{us-bio-stub}}