Mary Stuart MacDougall facts for kids

Quick facts for kids Mary Stuart MacDougall
Born	1885
Nationality	American
Occupation	Biologist

Mary Stuart MacDougall (7 November 1885—1972) was an American biologist who studied protozoology. She wrote Biology: The Science of Life.

Education and career

MacDougall received her Bachelor of Arts from Randolph–Macon College in 1912 before proceeding to get her Master of Science from the University of Chicago and finally, her Ph.D. from Columbia University, in 1925. In 1920, MacDougall would become the head of the biology department at Agnes Scott College. She worked at Agnes Scott until 1952, when she retired. Every summer, for fourteen years, MacDougall was an instructor and researcher at the Marine Biological Laboratory.

While at Agnes Scott, MacDougall studied protozoology and cytology. She studied the polyploid and diploid of chilodonella uncinata, as well as mutation inheritances found in them. MacDougall also researched the chromosomes of plasmodium, avian malaria and neuromotors of chlamydodon.

Notable awards

• Guggenheim Memorial Fellowship, 1931