Francisca Wieser , also known as Frances A. Wieser , or Francesca Wieser (1869 – January 15, 1949) was an American scientific illustrator , drafter, artist, and photographic assistant. She worked for the United States Geological Survey , and the United States National Museum (now the National Museum of Natural History ) from 1911 to 1929 with the title of "paleontologic draftsman". She was known for her drawings of fossils.
4-650: Wieser is a surname. Notable people with the surname include: Frances Wieser (1868–1949), American scientific illustrator Friedrich von Wieser (1851–1926), Austrian economist Neesha Wieser (born 1986), New Zealand netball player Roland Wieser (born 1956), East German racewalker Sandro Wieser (born 1993), Liechtensteiner footballer Matthäus Wieser (1617–1678), German songwriter Al W. Wieser, Jr. (born 1949), American politician and businessman See also [ edit ] Weiser (disambiguation) [REDACTED] Surname list This page lists people with
8-751: Is different from Wikidata All set index articles Frances Wieser Francisca A. Wieser was born on 1869 in Washington, D.C. , in the United States. She was the daughter of German immigrants , her mother was Sophia Ailer (née Seitz), and her father was a war veteran ( 1st Maryland Cavalry in the Union Army during the American Civil War ) and a visual artist, Louis Wieser (1836–1904). Her younger sister Florence Wieser (1877–1949) also worked as an illustrator and artist at
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16-715: The United States Geological Survey. From early childhood she had a love of creating art. She served as an artist and illustrator to several departments and for several people, including Ray S. Bassler , and Charles Doolittle Walcott . Wieser used a combination of a microscope and drawing, camera lucida , to record fossils that were millions of years old, and was recognized for her ability to capture details of fossils by drawing rather than relying on photography. Wieser died on January 15, 1949, in Washington, D.C., at St. Elizabeths Hospital ,
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