Background
Maury, Carlotta Joaquina was born on January 6, 1874 in Hastings-on-Hudson, New York, United States. Daughter of Mytton and Virginia (Draper) Maury.
Maury, Carlotta Joaquina was born on January 6, 1874 in Hastings-on-Hudson, New York, United States. Daughter of Mytton and Virginia (Draper) Maury.
Studied at Radcliffe College, Columbia, University of Paris.
Assistant in department of paleontology, Columbia, 1904-1906, Louisiana Geological Survey, 1907-1909. Lecturer on geology, Barnard College (Columbia), 1909-1912. Paleontologist, Venezuelan Geological Expedition, 1910-1911.
Professor geology and zoölogy, Huguenot College (University of Cape of Good Hope), South Africa, 1912-1915.
Organized Maury expedition to Dominican Republic, 1916. Consultant paleontologist Royal Dutch Shell Petroleum Company.
Paleontologist Brazilian Government. Has made a specialty of study of Antillean, Venezuelan and Brazilian stratigraphy and fossil faunas.
Fellow Geological Society America, American Association for the Advancement of Science, American Geography Society.