Ruth Patrick

Ruth Myrtle Patrick was an American botanist and limnologist specializing in diatoms and freshwater ecology. She authored more than 200 scientific papers, developed ways to measure the health of freshwater ecosystems and established numerous research facilities.

26 November 1907

Born on the same birth day (26 November): Abdullah Ahmad Badawi • Albert Dieudonné • Alberto Sgarbi • Aubrey Joseph • Betta St. John • Bruce Paltrow • Frederik Pohl • Ivan Basso • Jerry Jameson • Junior Stanislas • Line Horntveth • Secretary of State for Health and Social Care • Sue Wicks • Tom Carroll (surfer)

Born in the same month (November 1907): Anni Rehborn • Astrid Lindgren • Hans Liska • Henri-Georges Clouzot • Howard W. Hunter • Jane Froman • John Stuart Hindmarsh