Background
Howard, Hildegarde was born on April 3, 1901 in Washington, District of Columbia, United States. Daughter of Clifford and Hattie Sterling (Case) Howard.
ornithologist paleontologist Zoologist
Howard, Hildegarde was born on April 3, 1901 in Washington, District of Columbia, United States. Daughter of Clifford and Hattie Sterling (Case) Howard.
Bachelor, University of California, Berkeley, 1924; Master of Arts, University of California, 1926; Doctor of Philosophy, University of California, 1928.
She was well known for her discoveries in the Louisiana Brea Tar Pits, such as the Rancho Louisiana Brea eagles. In 1920 she began attending what was then known as the Southern Branch of the University of California (later renamed University of California, Los Angeles). In 1923 she began working at the Los Angeles County Museum of Natural History, doing work on saber-toothed tiger fossils.
This work rapidly expanded into the field of avian evolution, where over her 69-year publishing career she described 3 families, 13 genera, 57 species, and 2 subspecies.
Howard married Henry Anson Wylde (d1984) in 1930. Joyce Harvey & Marilyn Ogilvie (2000), The Biographical Dictionary of Women in Science, Volume 1, pp.
621 et seq
Campbell, Kenneth East., Junior., editors 330 (September 15 1970), 296 p.
Campbell, Kenneth East. Junior (2000).
"In Memoriam: Hildegarde Howard, 1901-1908". The Auk 117 (3): 775–779. doi:10.2307/4089601. Campbell, Kenneth East. Junior (2000).
"Hildegarde Howard".
Archives
Hildegarde Howard Papers, archives, George C. Page Museum, Hancock Park, California
Hildegarde Howard Papers, archives, Natural History Museum of Los Angeles County, Los Angeles, California
Chester Stock Papers, George C. Page Museum, Hancock Park, Museum.
Fellow American Association for the Advancement of Science, Geological Society of America, American Ornithological Union (Brewster Memorial award in ornithology 1953), Southern California Academy of Sciences (president 1957-1959), California Academy of Sciences. Member Cooper Ornithological Society (honorary life), Society Vertebrate Paleontology (life), International Society Avian Paleontology and Evolution, Soroptimist International, Phi Beta Kappa, Sigma Xi, Phi Sigma.
Married Henry Anson Wylde, February 6, 1930.