Isabella Abbott

Isabella Aiona Abbott (June 20, 1919 – October 28, 2010) was an educator, phycologist, and ethnobotanist from Hawaii. The first native Hawaiian woman to receive a PhD in science, she became a leading expert on Pacific marine algae.

For the Canadian artist, see Isabella Mary Abbott.
Dr.
Isabella Aiona Abbott
Professor of Biological Sciences, Emerita, at Stanford University
Personal details
Born
Isabella Kauakea Yau Yung Aiona

(1919-06-20)20 June 1919
Hana, Maui, Territory of Hawaii
Died28 October 2010(2010-10-28) (aged 91)
Oahu, Hawaii, US
SpouseDonald Putnam Abbott
ChildrenAnnie Abbott Foerster, daughter
Alma materKamehameha Schools
University of Hawaiʻi at Mānoa
University of Michigan
University of California, Berkeley
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