Caroline Wormeley Latimer (March 28, 1860 – 1933) was an American physiologist known for her studies of rigor mortis and the salivary glands, and her popular science writing, which was widely read by women and girls.
[1] Her siblings included Ralph Randolph Latimer[2] and James Brandt Latimer,[1] who worked for the Baltimore and Ohio Railroad and the Chicago, Burlington and Quincy Railroad.
[3] Her paternal grandparents were Caroline (née Preble) Wormeley and Admiral Ralph Randolph Wormeley, a native of Virginia who was an Admiral of the British navy.
Her maternal aunts included nurse and author Katherine Prescott Wormeley and Ariana Randolph Wormeley, was married to the American lawyer and banker Daniel Sargent Curtis.
[4] Following her graduation from Bryn Mawr, she became an instructor of biology at Goucher College until 1898, and a physician in Maryland until 1906.