Madeline Munro
Madeline Munro (1885–1974)[1] was a British geologist, science educator and film reviewer.
Biography
Munro trained as a palaeontologist under Edmund Johnston Garwood[2] and graduated with a degree in geology from the University of London in 1907.[1] In 1912, she published an appendix on the rare trepostome bryozoan stenophragmidium to one of Garwood's papers "The Lower Carboniferous Succession in the North-West of England" in the Quarterly Journal of the Geological Society.[2][3] Her work was titled "Description of some new forms of Trepostome Bryozoa from the Lower Carboniferous rocks of the North Western province."[4][5] In 1930, Munro was elected as a fellow of the Geological Society of London.[6]
Munro also sat on the science committee of the British Film Institute and wrote reviews of scientific films for the Monthly Film Bulletin periodical.[1] She was consulted during the production of school broadcasts in nature study and science by the BBC.[1]
References
- ^ a b c d "Producers". Secrets of Nature. 6 October 2020. Archived from the original on 26 December 2024. Retrieved 6 October 2025.
- ^ a b Burek, Cynthia V.; Higgs, Bettie (2007). The Role of Women in the History of Geology. Geological Society of London. p. 101. ISBN 978-1-86239-227-4.
- ^ Irish Journal of Earth Sciences. Vol. 25–26. Royal Irish Academy. 2007. p. 3.
- ^ Munro, Madeline (1912). "Description of some New Forms of Trepostomatous Bryozoa from the Lower Carboniferous Rocks of the North-Western Province". Quarterly Journal of the Geological Society of London. 68 (1–4): 574–586. doi:10.1144/GSL.JGS.1912.068.01-04.34.
- ^ Contributions from the Museum of Geology. Museum of Paleontology, University of Michigan. 1939. p. 268.
- ^ The Quarterly Journal of the Geological Society of London. Vol. 86. Geological Society of London. 1930.