Amy Hodgson | |
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Born | Eliza Amy Campbell 10 October 1888
Havelock North, New Zealand |
Died | 7 January 1982
Hastings, New Zealand | (aged 93)
Awards | Fellow of the Royal Society of New Zealand; Fellow of the Linnean Society of London; Honorary Doctorate from Massey University. |
Scientific career | |
Fields | Botany |
Author abbrev. (botany) | E.A.Hodgs. |
Eliza Amy Hodgson ( née Campbell, 10 October 1888 – 7 January 1983) was a New Zealand botanist who specialised in liverworts.
Hodgson was born in Havelock North and attended Pukahu Primary School and Napier Girls' High School. [1] She went by her middle name Amy. [2] Hodgson was self-educated in botany as her father refused to allow her to attend university. [1]
Hodgson collected numerous specimens and was encouraged by George Osborne King Sainsbury with whom she collected. [2] Hodgson also collected with Kenneth Willway Allison. [2] Between 1931 and 1936 she issued three exsiccatae, one of them together with Sainsbury and Allison. [3] Hodgson published her first scientific paper at the age of 42 and went on to publish more than 30 papers thereafter. [4] She described two new species of liverworts and nine new genera. [4] The liverwort Lejeunea hodgsoniana was named in her honour [5] as was the species Lepidolaena hodgsoniae. [1]
Her herbarium was donated to Massey University in 1972. [2]
She was elected a Fellow of the Linnean Society of London and in 1961 was accorded the same honour by the Royal Society of New Zealand. [6] [7] Hodgson was also an honorary member of the British Bryological Society. [1]
Hodgson was awarded an honorary doctorate by Massey University in 1976. [1] [7]
In 2017, Hodges was selected as one of the Royal Society Te Apārangi's " 150 women in 150 words", celebrating the contributions of women to knowledge in New Zealand. [7]
The standard author abbreviation E.A.Hodgs. is used to indicate this person as the author when citing a botanical name. [8]
Amy Hodgson | |
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Born | Eliza Amy Campbell 10 October 1888
Havelock North, New Zealand |
Died | 7 January 1982
Hastings, New Zealand | (aged 93)
Awards | Fellow of the Royal Society of New Zealand; Fellow of the Linnean Society of London; Honorary Doctorate from Massey University. |
Scientific career | |
Fields | Botany |
Author abbrev. (botany) | E.A.Hodgs. |
Eliza Amy Hodgson ( née Campbell, 10 October 1888 – 7 January 1983) was a New Zealand botanist who specialised in liverworts.
Hodgson was born in Havelock North and attended Pukahu Primary School and Napier Girls' High School. [1] She went by her middle name Amy. [2] Hodgson was self-educated in botany as her father refused to allow her to attend university. [1]
Hodgson collected numerous specimens and was encouraged by George Osborne King Sainsbury with whom she collected. [2] Hodgson also collected with Kenneth Willway Allison. [2] Between 1931 and 1936 she issued three exsiccatae, one of them together with Sainsbury and Allison. [3] Hodgson published her first scientific paper at the age of 42 and went on to publish more than 30 papers thereafter. [4] She described two new species of liverworts and nine new genera. [4] The liverwort Lejeunea hodgsoniana was named in her honour [5] as was the species Lepidolaena hodgsoniae. [1]
Her herbarium was donated to Massey University in 1972. [2]
She was elected a Fellow of the Linnean Society of London and in 1961 was accorded the same honour by the Royal Society of New Zealand. [6] [7] Hodgson was also an honorary member of the British Bryological Society. [1]
Hodgson was awarded an honorary doctorate by Massey University in 1976. [1] [7]
In 2017, Hodges was selected as one of the Royal Society Te Apārangi's " 150 women in 150 words", celebrating the contributions of women to knowledge in New Zealand. [7]
The standard author abbreviation E.A.Hodgs. is used to indicate this person as the author when citing a botanical name. [8]