Birgitte Esmark information

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Birgitte Elise Esmark (13 October 1841 – 2 April 1897) was a Norwegian malacologist and is considered the first Norwegian female zoologist. She was the first woman to receive financial support for her scientific work from the Kongelige Frederiks Universitet in 1879, five years before it was open to women. Esmark's contributions as a malacologist advanced the knowledge of land and freshwater mollusks in Norway, both modern and fossil, with a particular focus on mollusks found in the Arctic regions.