Anable, Gloria Hollister

Zoologist and naturalist.

From the description of Gloria Hollister Anable papers, 1916-2003 (bulk 1929-1936). (Unknown). WorldCat record id: 71132925

Biographical Note

• 1900, June 11: Born, New York, N.Y.
• 1924: B.S., Connecticut College, New London, Conn.
• 1925: M.S. in zoology, Columbia University, New York, N.Y.
• 1928 - 1941 : Research associate, Department of Tropical Research, New York Zoological Society, New York, N.Y.
• 1930 - 1934 : Team member, oceanographic explorations in bathysphere designed by William Beebe and Otis Barton, Nonsuch Island, Bermuda
• 1934: Descended 1,208 feet in bathysphere, a record for a woman that stood for three decades
• 1936: Led scientific expedition to the Kaieteur plateau and falls, British Guiana, sponsored by the New York Zoological Society
• 1941: Married Anthony Anable (died 1980)
• 1942 - 1945 : Joined the American National Red Cross serving on the blood donor program and the Speakers Bureau of the Public Relations Department
• 1953 - 1974 : Cofounder and officer, Mianus River Gorge Wildlife Refuge and Botanical Preserve, Westchester, N.Y.
• 1988, Feb. 19: Died, Fairfield, Conn.

From the guide to the Gloria Hollister Anable Papers, 1916-2003, (bulk 1929-1936), (Manuscript Division Library of Congress)