Myra Keen

Malacologist and invertebrate paleontologist

Angeline Myra Keen (1905–1986) was an American malacologist and invertebrate paleontologist. She was an expert on the evolution of marine mollusks. With a PhD in psychology. Keen went from being a volunteer, identifying shells at Stanford, and having no formal training in biology or geology, to being one of the world's foremost malacologists. She was called the "First Lady of Malacology".

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Myra Keen was born on 1905 in Colorado Springs, Colorado. She was best known as a biologist. Keen's country of citizenship (nationality) was American. She died on Saturday, 4 January 1986 in Santa Rosa, California at the age of 80.

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Date of death	4 January 1986	edit
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Place of death	Santa Rosa, California	edit
Occupation	Invertebrate paleontologist Malacologist	edit
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Nationality	American	edit

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