Olga Hartman
American invertebrate zoologist (1900–1974)
Olga Hartman (May 17, 1900 – January 5, 1974) was an American invertebrate zoologist and polychaetologist. She was a student of S. F. Light at the University of California, Berkeley, and later a staff researcher at the Allan Hancock Foundation and professor of biology at the University of Southern California.
Active from the 1930s to the 1970s, Hartman specialized in Polychaeta, a class of marine annelid worms, and was known for her work as a cataloger and as a polychaete systematist. She is considered one of the top three most prolific authors in her field, having described 473 polychaete species during her lifetime.
Early life
Olga Hartman was born on May 17, 1900, in Waterloo, Illinois. She attended Waterloo High School (1918), where she was the captain of the girls' athletics team, and on the editorial staff for Periscope, her high school yearbook, where she wrote about tennis. Her senior quote was a poem about having a variety of interests and skills.
After high school, Hartman did her undergraduate work at the University of Illinois College of Liberal Arts and Sciences (AB, 1926). Upon graduation, she began teaching at a private school, but the school went bankrupt after several years.
University of California, Berkeley
Hartman matriculated at the University of California, Berkeley, and began her graduate work.
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