Cynthia Ahearn, Date of Birth, Date of Death
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Date of Birth: 17-Oct-1952
Date of Death: 31-Aug-2008
Profession: curator
Nationality: United States
Zodiac Sign: Libra 
About Cynthia Ahearn
- Cynthia Anne Gust Ahearn (October 17, 1952 – August 31, 2008) was an American echinodermologist and museum specialist at the Smithsonian Institution.
- She was responsible for the curation of the Smithsonian's extensive collection of echinoderms.
- An impactful individual in the field of echinodermology, Ahearn identified nearly 300,000 echinoderm specimen lots and had a nearly complete cataloged collection for the National Museum of Natural History Echinodermata.
- Ahearn was also responsible for several newsletters during her career, as well as the Discovery Cart, a segment on the Discovery Channel's Young Scientist program.
- In 2005, Ahearn was presented with the Natural History Museum's Public Outreach Award.
- Ahearn even had an echinoderm named after her in 2007.
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