Margaret Howell Mitchell

Margaret Knox Howell Mitchell (28 October 1901 – 3 October 1988) was Canada's first internationally recognized ornithologist. Early life and education Howell was born in Toronto, Ontario on October 28, 1901 to her mother Lucy Knox, and George Howell. Mitchell chose to pursue an education at the University of Toronto. Career One of her most notable career achievements was becoming a Secretary at the Royal Ontario Museum in which she worked in the palaeontology department. After Mitchell's position at the Royal Ontario Museum she became a volunteer with the task of helping create and write the "Passenger Pigeon Inquiry" which later became "The Passenger Pigeon in Ontario" (1935).

Personal life Mitchell married Osborne Mitchell in 1927. Later in life she suffered from a few strokes and was a wheelchair user for the remainder of her life. She died in 1988.