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Mildred Trotter (February 3, 1899 – August 23, 1991) was an important 20th century forensic anthropologist
Forensic anthropology

'Forensic anthropology' is the application of the science of physical anthropology and human osteology in a legal setting, most often in criminal cases where the victim's remains are more or less skeletonized....
.

Trotter was born in Monaca, Pennsylvania
Monaca, Pennsylvania

Monaca is a borough in Beaver County, Pennsylvania, Pennsylvania, United States along the Ohio River, 25 miles west of Pittsburgh. Monaca was first incorporated as Phillipsburg....
. She received her B.A. in zoology and physiology from Mount Holyoke College
Mount Holyoke College

Mount Holyoke College is a highly selective Liberal arts colleges in the United States Women's colleges in the United States in South Hadley, Massachusetts, Massachusetts....
 in 1920 and her Ph.D. from Washington University in St. Louis
Washington University in St. Louis

Washington University in St. Louis is a nonsectarian, private University located in Greater St. Louis. Founded in 1853 and named for George Washington, the university has students and faculty from all fifty U.S....
 in 1924. She spent a year on fellowship at Oxford University and was a professor at Washington University Medical School for the rest of her career.

Trotter's work with Goldine C.






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Mildred Trotter (February 3, 1899 – August 23, 1991) was an important 20th century forensic anthropologist
Forensic anthropology

'Forensic anthropology' is the application of the science of physical anthropology and human osteology in a legal setting, most often in criminal cases where the victim's remains are more or less skeletonized....
.

Trotter was born in Monaca, Pennsylvania
Monaca, Pennsylvania

Monaca is a borough in Beaver County, Pennsylvania, Pennsylvania, United States along the Ohio River, 25 miles west of Pittsburgh. Monaca was first incorporated as Phillipsburg....
. She received her B.A. in zoology and physiology from Mount Holyoke College
Mount Holyoke College

Mount Holyoke College is a highly selective Liberal arts colleges in the United States Women's colleges in the United States in South Hadley, Massachusetts, Massachusetts....
 in 1920 and her Ph.D. from Washington University in St. Louis
Washington University in St. Louis

Washington University in St. Louis is a nonsectarian, private University located in Greater St. Louis. Founded in 1853 and named for George Washington, the university has students and faculty from all fifty U.S....
 in 1924. She spent a year on fellowship at Oxford University and was a professor at Washington University Medical School for the rest of her career.

Trotter's work with Goldine C. Gleser in 1952 created statistical regression formulae
Deming regression

In statistics, Deming regression, named after W. Edwards Deming, is a method of linear regression that finds a line of best fit for a set of related data....
 for the calculation of stature
Human height

Human height varies according to both Nature versus nurture. The particular human genome that an individual inherits is a large part of the first variable and a combination of health and environmental factors present before adulthood are a major part of the second determinant ....
 estimates from human long bones, based on a population of American casualties of the Korean War
Korean War

The Korean War refers to a period of military conflict between North Korea and South Korea regimes, with major hostilities lasting from June 25, 1950 until the armistice signed on July 27, 1953....
 and the Terry collection
Terry Collection

The Robert J. Terry Anatomical Skeletal Collection is a collection of some 1,728 human skeletons held by the Department of Anthropology of the National Museum of Natural History of the Smithsonian Institution....
 of human remains. These formulae are still widely applied in the field.

The Trotter Prize was created in her honor.

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