Tour and editathon at ZSL London Zoo library in a nutshell: {{{1}}} |
The Zoological Society of London has one of the world's finest zoological libraries.
The afternoon will comprise an introduction to the library with refreshments and a library tour. Afterwards there will be a chance to use the reference works to improve content on Wikipedia and/or other Wikimedia Wikis.
The event is intended for people who are already comfortable with editing wikis, and there is an absolute maximum of 20 attendees.
2pm to 6pm, with tea and biscuits provided.
Sign up here
James Moulding James Moulding ( talk) 14:48, 12 August 2014 (UTC)
Wikimedia UK has a hearing loop which can be brought if booked at least one working day in advance.
Name | Role | Known for | Wikipedia page | Alive? | Sources | User writing article |
---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
Name | Role | Known for | Wikipedia page | Alive? | Sources | Username here |
Agnes Claypole Moody | Zoologist | First woman appointed to a teaching position at Cornell University in the Medical Department | Poor | Yes | http://www.amazon.com/Women-Field-Americas-Pioneering-Naturalists/dp/0890964890 | Username here |
Alice Eastwood | Botanist | - | Poor | No | - | Username here |
Althea Sherman | Ornithologist | - | - | No | No | Username here |
Ann Haven Morgan | Zoologist | The 1933 edition of American Men of Science listed her along with two other women among the 250 total entries | Poor | No | http://www.amazon.co.uk/Revealing-New-Worlds-Victorian-Naturalists/dp/0415270693 | Username here |
Anna Botsford Comstock | Conservationist | - | Poor | No | http://onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/10.1111/1475-5661.00024/abstract | Username here |
Biruté Galdikas | primatologist, conservationist, ethologist | World's orangu-tan expert | Yes | Yes | http://www.amazon.com/American-Women-Afield-Naturalists-Environment/dp/0890966346 | Username here |
Caroline Dormon | Ecologist | - | No | No | http://fr.wikipedia.org/wiki/Liste_de_femmes_scientifiques | -- CathyHensman ( talk) 14:45, 18 January 2014 (UTC) |
Christine Petit | Geneticist | - | No | No | http://lesaventuresdeuterpe.blogspot.co.uk/2011/12/les-femmes-de-lannee-2011.html | Username here |
Cordelia Stanwood | Ornithologist | - | No | No | - | Username here |
Cornelia Clapp | Zoologist | Marine biology | Poor | No | - | -- Biscottibiscotti ( talk) 14:19, 18 January 2014 (UTC) |
Edith Clements | Ecologist | Wife of Frederic Clements | Yes | No | - | Username here |
Edith Marion Patch | Entomologist | - | No | No | - | Username here |
Eleanor Anne Ormerod | Naturalist | Entomology | Yes | No | - | -- NHMFiona ( talk) 13:14, 18 January 2014 (UTC) |
Eleanor Glanville | Entomologist | - | - | - | - | Username here |
Elizabeth Gault Fisher | Naturalist | The Glanville Fritillary is named after her | No | No | - | Username here |
Elizabeth Peckham | Behavioural Ecologist | - | Yes - shared with husband | No | - | Username here |
Ellen Quillin | Naturalist | "Flower Lady of Texas" | No | No | - | CMD ( talk) 14:09, 18 January 2014 (UTC) |
Ethel Sargant | Botanist | - | Poor | No | - | Username here |
Eugenie Clark | Ichthylogist | The shark lady | Yes | Yes | - | Username here |
Evelyn Cheesman | Entomologist | First women to be given a job at London Zoo | Poor | No | - | Username here |
Florence Augusta Merriam Bailey | Naturalist | "First lady of ornithology" | Yes | No | - | Username here |
Florence Peebles | Geneticist | Genetics -- student of T.H. Morgan | No | No | - | Username here |
Georgina Mace | Ecologist | BES president, FRS, IUCN red list | Poor | No | - | -- Elutris1 ( talk) 12:49, 18 January 2014 (UTC) |
Graceanna Lewis | Naturalist | Expert ornithologist | Yes | No | - | Username here |
Helen Beulah Thompson Gaige | Naturalist, Museum curator | Herpetologist and Icthyologist | Poor | No | - | electronpink |
Isabelle Bird | Natural Historian | - | Yes | No | - | Username here |
Jane Colden | Botanist | First female botanist? | Poor | No | - | Zabbals |
Karen Steel | Geneticist | Genetics of hearing | Poor | Yes | - | Username here |
Margaret Gatty | Writer | Marine biology - wrote a book on British seaweeds | Poor | No | - | -- Allisonhensman ( talk) 14:15, 18 January 2014 (UTC) |
Marianne North | Naturalist | Botanical art | Poor | No | - | Username here |
Martha Maxwell | Naturalist & Vegetarian | Helped found modern taxidermy | Poor | No | - | Username here |
Mary Agnes Chase | Botanist | considered one of the world's outstanding agrostologists | Yes | No | - | Username here |
Mary Elizabeth Barber | 19th century scientist | Botany, ornithology and entomology | Yes | No | - | Username here |
Mary J. Rathbun | Zoologist | Crustaceans | Yes | No | - | Username here |
Mary Murtfeldt | Entomologist | - | Poor | No | - | Username here |
Mary Rice | Zoologist | Worms | No | Yes | - | Username here |
Mary Sophie Young | Botanist | - | No | No | - | -- PhyloDom ( talk) 13:53, 18 January 2014 (UTC) |
Mary Treat | Naturalist, friend of Darwin | Entomology | Yes | No | - | Username here |
Metrodora | Polymath, physician | First medical book written by a woman | Poor | No | - | Username here |
Nancy Grimm | Ecologist | Urban ecology -- all the major reviews and insights are by her or in her publications | No | Yes | - | Username here |
Olive Thorne Miller | Naturalist | - | No | No | - | Username here |
Polina Mendeléef | Cancer researcher | Daughter of Mendeleev | No | No | https://fr.wikipedia.org/wiki/Polina_Mendel%C3%A9ef | Username here |
Pythias of Assos | - | Aristotle's first wife | No | No | - | James Moulding ( talk) 14:50, 12 August 2014 (UTC) |
Roger Arliner Young | Zoologist | First African American woman to receive a doctorate degree in Zoology | Quite good -- but could be improved | No | - | Username here |
Rosa Smith Eigenmann | Marine Biologist | first notable female ichthylogist | Yes | No | - | Username here |
Rosemary Gillespie | Ecologist | - | No | Yes | - | Username here |
Sandra Diaz | Ecologist | Largest plant database | No | Yes | - | Username here |
Sue Savage-Rumbaugh | Primatologist | - | - | - | - | Username here |
Susan Fenimore Cooper | Naturalist | - | Poor | No | - | Username here |
Susan Trumbore | Ecologist | - | No | Yes | - | Username here |
Ynes Mexia | Botanist | Mexican and South American plant collection | Yes | No | - | Username here |
Louise-Anastasia Serment | Natural philosopher | - | Very poor | No | - | Username here |
Margaret Morse Nice | Ornithologist | Song Sparrow | Yes | - | - | Username here |
Nellie Harris Rau | Behavioural Ecologist | Wife of Phil Rau. Wasps | - | - | - | Username here |
Jane Sharp | - | - | - | - | - | --Username here |
Annie Morrill Smith | - | - | - | - | - | Username here |
Amelia Laskey | - | - | - | - | - | Username here |
Lorenna Strozzi | - | - | - | - | - | Username here |
Emma Lucy Braun | - | - | - | - | - | Username here |
Ruth Harris Thomas | - | - | - | - | - | Username here |
Barbara De Wolfe | - | - | - | - | - | Username here |
Bessa Vugo | - | - | - | - | - | Username here |
Jeanne Villepreux-Power | - | - | - | - | - | -- Holrob2000 ( talk) 14:26, 18 January 2014 (UTC) |
Marie Lachapelle | - | - | - | - | - | Username here |
Caroline Dormon | - | - | - | - | - | Username here |
Anna Atkins | - | - | - | - | - | Username here |
Laura Boulton | - | - | - | - | - | Username here |
Marie Boivin | - | - | - | - | - | Username here |
Kathleen Haddon | - | - | - | - | - | -- MCMLowe ( talk) 13:17, 18 January 2014 (UTC) |
Helen Frances James | Palaeontologist/ornithologist | Fossil birds of Hawaii, curator of birds at the Museum of Natural History, Washington. | Yes | Yes | - | -- Flakkarin ( talk) 12:44, 18 January 2014 (UTC) |
Alison Jolly | - | - | - | - | - | Username here |
Amalie Dietrich | - | - | - | - | - | Username here |
Käthe Hoffmann | - | - | - | - | - | Username here |
Harriet Mann Miller | - | - | - | - | - | Username here |
Margaret Clay Ferguson | - | - | - | - | - | -- PhyloDom ( talk) 14:10, 18 January 2014 (UTC) |
Tamara Mkheidze | - | - | - | - | - | Username here |
Liane Russell | - | - | - | - | - | Username here |
Martha Burton Woodhead Williamson | - | - | - | - | - | Username here |
Almira Hart Lincoln Phelps | - | - | - | - | - | Username here |
Carolina Dodel Port | - | - | - | - | - | Username here |
Margaretta Hare-Morris | - | - | - | - | - | Username here |
Anna Thynne | - | - | - | - | - | Username here |
Juliet Clutton-Brock | - | - | - | - | - | Username here |
Emily Mary Bowdler Sharpe | - | - | - | - | - | Username here |
Marie Sibille Merian | - | - | - | - | - | Username here |
Mary Roberts (author) | - | - | - | - | - | -- Helenherself ( talk) 12:46, 18 January 2014 (UTC) |
Elizabeth Gould | - | - | - | - | - | Username here |
Elsie Wilkins Sexton | - | - | - | - | - | Username here |
N. B. Eales | - | - | - | - | - | Username here |
Marie Victoria Lebour | - | - | - | - | - | Username here |
Sidnie Manton | - | - | - | - | - | Username here |
Title | Context | Related info | Wikipedia page | Sources | User writing article |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Cnemaspis_Girii | Gecko | Very short | Yes | Username here | |
Black-eyed gecko | Gecko | Very short | Yes | Username here | |
Jucaraseps | Prehistoric lizard | Stub? | Yes | Username here | |
Actinoposthia_beklemischevi | Acoel flatworm | Very short | Yes | Acoel | Username here |
Eichstaettisaurus | Missing genus | No | Jucaraseps | Username here | |
Sakurasaurus | Missing genus | No | Jucaraseps | Username here | |
Hooded_scaly-foot | Clean up required | Yes | Username here | ||
Lialisinae | Missing subfamily | No | Pygopodidae | Username here | |
Pygopodinae | Missing subfamily | No | Pygopodidae | Username here | |
Infanticide in primates | No | Wikipedia:WikiProject_Zoology | Username here | ||
Shingle urchin | Expand | Yes | Wikipedia:WikiProject_Zoology | Username here | |
Wholphin | Expand | Yes | Wikipedia:WikiProject_Zoology | Username here |
Tour and editathon at ZSL London Zoo library in a nutshell: {{{1}}} |
The Zoological Society of London has one of the world's finest zoological libraries.
The afternoon will comprise an introduction to the library with refreshments and a library tour. Afterwards there will be a chance to use the reference works to improve content on Wikipedia and/or other Wikimedia Wikis.
The event is intended for people who are already comfortable with editing wikis, and there is an absolute maximum of 20 attendees.
2pm to 6pm, with tea and biscuits provided.
Sign up here
James Moulding James Moulding ( talk) 14:48, 12 August 2014 (UTC)
Wikimedia UK has a hearing loop which can be brought if booked at least one working day in advance.
Name | Role | Known for | Wikipedia page | Alive? | Sources | User writing article |
---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
Name | Role | Known for | Wikipedia page | Alive? | Sources | Username here |
Agnes Claypole Moody | Zoologist | First woman appointed to a teaching position at Cornell University in the Medical Department | Poor | Yes | http://www.amazon.com/Women-Field-Americas-Pioneering-Naturalists/dp/0890964890 | Username here |
Alice Eastwood | Botanist | - | Poor | No | - | Username here |
Althea Sherman | Ornithologist | - | - | No | No | Username here |
Ann Haven Morgan | Zoologist | The 1933 edition of American Men of Science listed her along with two other women among the 250 total entries | Poor | No | http://www.amazon.co.uk/Revealing-New-Worlds-Victorian-Naturalists/dp/0415270693 | Username here |
Anna Botsford Comstock | Conservationist | - | Poor | No | http://onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/10.1111/1475-5661.00024/abstract | Username here |
Biruté Galdikas | primatologist, conservationist, ethologist | World's orangu-tan expert | Yes | Yes | http://www.amazon.com/American-Women-Afield-Naturalists-Environment/dp/0890966346 | Username here |
Caroline Dormon | Ecologist | - | No | No | http://fr.wikipedia.org/wiki/Liste_de_femmes_scientifiques | -- CathyHensman ( talk) 14:45, 18 January 2014 (UTC) |
Christine Petit | Geneticist | - | No | No | http://lesaventuresdeuterpe.blogspot.co.uk/2011/12/les-femmes-de-lannee-2011.html | Username here |
Cordelia Stanwood | Ornithologist | - | No | No | - | Username here |
Cornelia Clapp | Zoologist | Marine biology | Poor | No | - | -- Biscottibiscotti ( talk) 14:19, 18 January 2014 (UTC) |
Edith Clements | Ecologist | Wife of Frederic Clements | Yes | No | - | Username here |
Edith Marion Patch | Entomologist | - | No | No | - | Username here |
Eleanor Anne Ormerod | Naturalist | Entomology | Yes | No | - | -- NHMFiona ( talk) 13:14, 18 January 2014 (UTC) |
Eleanor Glanville | Entomologist | - | - | - | - | Username here |
Elizabeth Gault Fisher | Naturalist | The Glanville Fritillary is named after her | No | No | - | Username here |
Elizabeth Peckham | Behavioural Ecologist | - | Yes - shared with husband | No | - | Username here |
Ellen Quillin | Naturalist | "Flower Lady of Texas" | No | No | - | CMD ( talk) 14:09, 18 January 2014 (UTC) |
Ethel Sargant | Botanist | - | Poor | No | - | Username here |
Eugenie Clark | Ichthylogist | The shark lady | Yes | Yes | - | Username here |
Evelyn Cheesman | Entomologist | First women to be given a job at London Zoo | Poor | No | - | Username here |
Florence Augusta Merriam Bailey | Naturalist | "First lady of ornithology" | Yes | No | - | Username here |
Florence Peebles | Geneticist | Genetics -- student of T.H. Morgan | No | No | - | Username here |
Georgina Mace | Ecologist | BES president, FRS, IUCN red list | Poor | No | - | -- Elutris1 ( talk) 12:49, 18 January 2014 (UTC) |
Graceanna Lewis | Naturalist | Expert ornithologist | Yes | No | - | Username here |
Helen Beulah Thompson Gaige | Naturalist, Museum curator | Herpetologist and Icthyologist | Poor | No | - | electronpink |
Isabelle Bird | Natural Historian | - | Yes | No | - | Username here |
Jane Colden | Botanist | First female botanist? | Poor | No | - | Zabbals |
Karen Steel | Geneticist | Genetics of hearing | Poor | Yes | - | Username here |
Margaret Gatty | Writer | Marine biology - wrote a book on British seaweeds | Poor | No | - | -- Allisonhensman ( talk) 14:15, 18 January 2014 (UTC) |
Marianne North | Naturalist | Botanical art | Poor | No | - | Username here |
Martha Maxwell | Naturalist & Vegetarian | Helped found modern taxidermy | Poor | No | - | Username here |
Mary Agnes Chase | Botanist | considered one of the world's outstanding agrostologists | Yes | No | - | Username here |
Mary Elizabeth Barber | 19th century scientist | Botany, ornithology and entomology | Yes | No | - | Username here |
Mary J. Rathbun | Zoologist | Crustaceans | Yes | No | - | Username here |
Mary Murtfeldt | Entomologist | - | Poor | No | - | Username here |
Mary Rice | Zoologist | Worms | No | Yes | - | Username here |
Mary Sophie Young | Botanist | - | No | No | - | -- PhyloDom ( talk) 13:53, 18 January 2014 (UTC) |
Mary Treat | Naturalist, friend of Darwin | Entomology | Yes | No | - | Username here |
Metrodora | Polymath, physician | First medical book written by a woman | Poor | No | - | Username here |
Nancy Grimm | Ecologist | Urban ecology -- all the major reviews and insights are by her or in her publications | No | Yes | - | Username here |
Olive Thorne Miller | Naturalist | - | No | No | - | Username here |
Polina Mendeléef | Cancer researcher | Daughter of Mendeleev | No | No | https://fr.wikipedia.org/wiki/Polina_Mendel%C3%A9ef | Username here |
Pythias of Assos | - | Aristotle's first wife | No | No | - | James Moulding ( talk) 14:50, 12 August 2014 (UTC) |
Roger Arliner Young | Zoologist | First African American woman to receive a doctorate degree in Zoology | Quite good -- but could be improved | No | - | Username here |
Rosa Smith Eigenmann | Marine Biologist | first notable female ichthylogist | Yes | No | - | Username here |
Rosemary Gillespie | Ecologist | - | No | Yes | - | Username here |
Sandra Diaz | Ecologist | Largest plant database | No | Yes | - | Username here |
Sue Savage-Rumbaugh | Primatologist | - | - | - | - | Username here |
Susan Fenimore Cooper | Naturalist | - | Poor | No | - | Username here |
Susan Trumbore | Ecologist | - | No | Yes | - | Username here |
Ynes Mexia | Botanist | Mexican and South American plant collection | Yes | No | - | Username here |
Louise-Anastasia Serment | Natural philosopher | - | Very poor | No | - | Username here |
Margaret Morse Nice | Ornithologist | Song Sparrow | Yes | - | - | Username here |
Nellie Harris Rau | Behavioural Ecologist | Wife of Phil Rau. Wasps | - | - | - | Username here |
Jane Sharp | - | - | - | - | - | --Username here |
Annie Morrill Smith | - | - | - | - | - | Username here |
Amelia Laskey | - | - | - | - | - | Username here |
Lorenna Strozzi | - | - | - | - | - | Username here |
Emma Lucy Braun | - | - | - | - | - | Username here |
Ruth Harris Thomas | - | - | - | - | - | Username here |
Barbara De Wolfe | - | - | - | - | - | Username here |
Bessa Vugo | - | - | - | - | - | Username here |
Jeanne Villepreux-Power | - | - | - | - | - | -- Holrob2000 ( talk) 14:26, 18 January 2014 (UTC) |
Marie Lachapelle | - | - | - | - | - | Username here |
Caroline Dormon | - | - | - | - | - | Username here |
Anna Atkins | - | - | - | - | - | Username here |
Laura Boulton | - | - | - | - | - | Username here |
Marie Boivin | - | - | - | - | - | Username here |
Kathleen Haddon | - | - | - | - | - | -- MCMLowe ( talk) 13:17, 18 January 2014 (UTC) |
Helen Frances James | Palaeontologist/ornithologist | Fossil birds of Hawaii, curator of birds at the Museum of Natural History, Washington. | Yes | Yes | - | -- Flakkarin ( talk) 12:44, 18 January 2014 (UTC) |
Alison Jolly | - | - | - | - | - | Username here |
Amalie Dietrich | - | - | - | - | - | Username here |
Käthe Hoffmann | - | - | - | - | - | Username here |
Harriet Mann Miller | - | - | - | - | - | Username here |
Margaret Clay Ferguson | - | - | - | - | - | -- PhyloDom ( talk) 14:10, 18 January 2014 (UTC) |
Tamara Mkheidze | - | - | - | - | - | Username here |
Liane Russell | - | - | - | - | - | Username here |
Martha Burton Woodhead Williamson | - | - | - | - | - | Username here |
Almira Hart Lincoln Phelps | - | - | - | - | - | Username here |
Carolina Dodel Port | - | - | - | - | - | Username here |
Margaretta Hare-Morris | - | - | - | - | - | Username here |
Anna Thynne | - | - | - | - | - | Username here |
Juliet Clutton-Brock | - | - | - | - | - | Username here |
Emily Mary Bowdler Sharpe | - | - | - | - | - | Username here |
Marie Sibille Merian | - | - | - | - | - | Username here |
Mary Roberts (author) | - | - | - | - | - | -- Helenherself ( talk) 12:46, 18 January 2014 (UTC) |
Elizabeth Gould | - | - | - | - | - | Username here |
Elsie Wilkins Sexton | - | - | - | - | - | Username here |
N. B. Eales | - | - | - | - | - | Username here |
Marie Victoria Lebour | - | - | - | - | - | Username here |
Sidnie Manton | - | - | - | - | - | Username here |
Title | Context | Related info | Wikipedia page | Sources | User writing article |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Cnemaspis_Girii | Gecko | Very short | Yes | Username here | |
Black-eyed gecko | Gecko | Very short | Yes | Username here | |
Jucaraseps | Prehistoric lizard | Stub? | Yes | Username here | |
Actinoposthia_beklemischevi | Acoel flatworm | Very short | Yes | Acoel | Username here |
Eichstaettisaurus | Missing genus | No | Jucaraseps | Username here | |
Sakurasaurus | Missing genus | No | Jucaraseps | Username here | |
Hooded_scaly-foot | Clean up required | Yes | Username here | ||
Lialisinae | Missing subfamily | No | Pygopodidae | Username here | |
Pygopodinae | Missing subfamily | No | Pygopodidae | Username here | |
Infanticide in primates | No | Wikipedia:WikiProject_Zoology | Username here | ||
Shingle urchin | Expand | Yes | Wikipedia:WikiProject_Zoology | Username here | |
Wholphin | Expand | Yes | Wikipedia:WikiProject_Zoology | Username here |