Louise Arner Boyd

GPTKB entity

Properties (44)
Predicate Object
gptkbp:instanceOf Explorer
Geographer
charity
gptkbp:affiliation gptkb:National_Geographic_Society
gptkb:American_Geographical_Society
gptkb:Explorers_Club
gptkbp:almaMater gptkb:University_of_California,_Berkeley
gptkbp:awards gptkb:Gold_Medal_from_the_National_Geographic_Society
gptkbp:birthDate 1887-02-16
gptkbp:deathDate 1972-01-14
gptkbp:fieldOfStudy Geography
https://www.w3.org/2000/01/rdf-schema#label Louise Arner Boyd
gptkbp:influenced Women in exploration
gptkbp:influencedBy gptkb:Fridtjof_Nansen
gptkbp:inspiration Environmental activists
Women in STEM fields
Future generations of explorers
Geographers_and_cartographers
Scientists_studying_the_Arctic
gptkbp:knownFor Arctic_exploration
gptkbp:legacy Inspiration for future explorers
Advocate for environmental conservation
Promoter of scientific education
Pioneer_for_women_in_science
Contributions_to_Arctic_research
gptkbp:nationality American
gptkbp:notableEvent Published numerous scientific papers
Contributed to the understanding of climate change
First woman to lead an Arctic expedition
Established_the_Boyd_Scientific_Research_Fund
Mapped_uncharted_areas_of_Greenland
gptkbp:notableWork The_Arctic_in_the_1930s
gptkbp:occupation Cartographer
gptkbp:placeOfBirth gptkb:San_Rafael,_California
gptkbp:placeOfDeath gptkb:San_Francisco,_California
gptkbp:researchFocus Glaciology
Meteorology
Oceanography
gptkbp:scenicViews gptkb:1943_Arctic_expedition
1933 Arctic expedition
1937 Arctic expedition
1941 Arctic expedition
1947 Arctic expedition
gptkbp:spouse Unmarried