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Baker-Cohen, France, 1924-1997

 Person

Dates

  • Existence: 1924 - November 23, 1997

Biography

France Baker-Cohen worked at the American Museum of Natural History as one of ten student interns from Antioch College. She worked in the Preparation and Paleontology Departments from January 2, 1945 - March, 1945. In her short time, she made three models of extinct mammals "Propachyrucos ameghinorum", "Hegetoheres", and "Thomashuxleya externa". She eventually earned her PhD. at Columbia University and became the Assistant Professor of Anatomy at Albert Einstein Medical School.

Topics

Found in 3 Collections and/or Records:

Propachyrucos ameghinerum / Base "F Baker 45"

 Item
Identifier: Art Survey No. 708
Scope and Contents

Plaster model of specimen. Inscription: Base "scale 1/1."

Dates: 1945

Propachyrucos ameghinerum / Base "F Baker 45"

 Item
Identifier: Art Survey No. 710
Scope and Contents

Plaster model of specimen. Inscription: Base "scale 1/1."

Dates: 1945

Thomashuxleya externa / Base "F Baker 45"

 Item
Identifier: Art Survey No. 709
Scope and Contents

Plaster model of specimen, a notoungulate from the caramayor Eocene of Patagonia. Inscription: Base "scale 1/1."

Dates: 1945