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Helen Irene Battle (1903-1994)
Helen Irene Battle, the first Canadian woman to earn a Ph.D. in marine biology, shared her passion for learning and knowledge with many students throughout her career as a Professor at the University of Western Ontario.
Helen was born in London, Ontario, in 1903.
When Helen was sixteen, she began her undergraduate studies at the Western University of London Ontario (which would be later renamed the University of Western Ontario).
Helen irene battle biography of albert einstein
Students often took courses in informal locations, and Helen’s comparative anatomy lab was located in a barn. Helen graduated in 1923 with a double major in Botany and Zoology.
The following year Helen began her Master’s at the University of Western Ontario, beginning her lifelong work on fish embryology, in the Department of Zoology.
After her Master’s, Helen, for the only time in her life, left London to study at the University of Toronto. In 1928, Helen became the first female in Canada to earn her Ph.D. in Marine Biolo