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Dame Miriam Louisa Rothschild DBE FRS (5 August 1908 – 20 January 2005) was a British natural scientist and author with contributions to zoology, entomology, and botany. Early life [ edit ]
Some of her most important research focused on fleas; their diversity, biomechanics and role as disease-vectors. Rothschild investigated the jumping mechanism of the plague carrying flea Xenospylla cheopis using the then novel approach of film.
Miriam was a zoologist, entomologist and parasitologist who was a world authority on fleas, butterflies, pyrazines and chemical communication. Lacking a formal education, she was inspired by the work of her father and uncle.
Miriam Louisa Rothschild (Ashton Wold, 5 de agosto de 1908 – 20 de enero de 2005) 1 fue una científica británica y autora con contribuciones a la zoología, la entomología y la botánica .
25 de ene. de 2005 · Miriam Rothschild, the heiress who discovered how fleas jump, brought Chaucerian wildflowers back to modern England and was acknowledged as one of the world's most distinguished naturalists,...
1 de dic. de 2006 · Abstract. Miriam Louisa Rothschild was born at Ashton Wold, Northampton, on 5 August 1908 and died there on 20 January 2005, at the age of 96. She had no traditional education, but was tutored in natural history by her father and her uncle.
3 de feb. de 2005 · Dame Miriam Rothschild, a scientist of the old style, died on January 20th, aged 96. Feb 3rd 2005 |. IN A typically generous moment, Miriam Rothschild once named a flea after a writer on The...
