Read the bio below and try to give details on ruth turner 's: - death place - caption - fields - death date - workplaces - birth date - name - nationality - image - birth place - alma mater Bio: ruth dixon turner -lrb- 1914 -- april 30 , 2000 -rrb- was a pioneering u.s. marine biologist and malacologist who became the world 's expert on teredinidae or shipworms , a taxonomic family of wood-boring bivalve mollusks which severely damage wooden marine installations . turner held the alexander agassiz professorship at harvard university and was a curator of malacology in the university 's museum of comparative zoology , where she also served as co-editor of the scientific journal '' johnsonia '' . she graduated from bridgewater state college , earned a master 's degree at cornell university and a ph.d. at harvard -lrb- radcliffe college -rrb- where she specialized in shipworm research . turner became one of harvard 's first tenured women professors in 1973 , and was one of the most academically successful female marine researchers , publishing over 200 scientific articles and a book during her long career . she was also the first female scientist to use the deep ocean research submarine alvin . much of turner 's work was done in co-operation with william j. clench . among other things they jointly described about 70 new mollusk species .
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- death place is waltham , massachusetts- caption is ruth turner examining a wood sample for shipworms- fields is malacology- death date is april 30 , 2000- workplaces is museum of comparative zoology- birth date is 1914- name is ruth dixon turner- nationality is usa- image is ruth dixon turner.jpg- birth place is melrose , massachusetts- alma mater is harvard university