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Dorothy Wyckoff was a student at Bryn Mawr College, a private women’s university in Pennsylvania[1] where she studied both latin and the petrology (attach definition) of metamorphic rock. Wyckoff graduated in 1932 with a Ph.D in geology and during her time at Bryn Mawr College Wyckoff received a fellowship to study in Oslo Norway for two years after completing her Masters in geology[2]. Other notable achievements by Wyckoff include her acceptance of a professors position in the department of geology at Bryn Mawr college and her participation in World war ll efforts where according to the Bryn Mawr archives, “She worked at the Military Geology Unit of The U.S. Geological Survey in Washington where she prepared terrain diagrams which were used for planning assault operations”. Wyckoff is also credited with translating Albertus Magnus, Book of Minerals, utilizing her AB in medieval latin[3]

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