Edith Grace White

Edith Grace White (May 16, 1890 – December 1, 1975) was an American zoologist known for her studies of elasmobranchs (sharks and rays).

She was a professor of biology at Wilson College, and was a research associate of the American Museum of Natural History in New York City.

[3] Her thesis was titled The origin of the electric organs in Astroscopus guttatus.

[1][3][4] White published widely used textbooks on genetics and on general biology.

[3] White died on December 1, 1975, in a nursing home near Chambersburg, Pennsylvania.