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Dorothy Wyckoff (July 22, 1900 - July 15, 1982) was a petrologist, geologist, and a scholar of medieval Latin. She attended Bryn Mawr College, where she received her Bachelors in Greek and Latin, her Masters in Geology, and her PhD in Geology.

Wyckoff is most known for her translation of Albertus Magnus' Book of Minerals. During World War Two, she worked on the Military Geology Unit of the U.S Geological Survey, where she was valued for her photogrammetry knowledge and made terrain diagrams for assault operations.

Biography
Dorothy Wyckoff was born on July 22, 1900 in Topsfield, Massachusetts. Her father was a Congregational minister.

She died on July 15, 1982 in Chester, Vermont.

Education
In 1921, Wyckoff received her Bachelor of Arts in Greek and Latin, and left to study at the Art Students League before returning in 1925 to earn her Masters in 1928 and PhD in 1932, both in geology.

After achieving her Masters, Wyckoff had a fellowship in Mt. Gausta region of Telemark, Norway, where she studied geological formations and lava to prove the rocks of the area are of pre-Cambrian origin.

During her time as a student, she learned under Florence Bascom.

Career
Dorothy Wyckoff became a professor at Bryn Mawr in 1945, after being a geology department assistant since 1930.

During World War II, she worked on the Military Geology Unit of the U.S Geological Survey, where she helped with assault operations by making terrain diagrams, as well as providing photogrammetry training. Specifically, she is credited with work regarding the Geology of Polynesia.

Her most notable work is her translation of Albertus Magnus' Book of Minerals, a 13th century book on geology that was originally written in medieval Latin. Her translation was published in 1967, a year after she retired as a geology professor from Bryn Mawr College. She argued that his early contributions to geology were important but overlooked.