Amy Hodgson
Eliza Amy Hodgson (née Campbell, 10 October 1888 – 7 January 1983) was a New Zealand botanist who specialised in liverworts.
Amy Hodgson | |
|---|---|
| Born | Eliza Amy Campbell 10 October 1888 Havelock North, New Zealand |
| Died | 7 January 1982 (aged 93) Hastings, New Zealand |
| 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. |
Early life
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]
Botany work
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] Hodgson published her first scientific paper at the age of 42 and went on to publish more than 30 papers thereafter.[3] She described two new species of liverworts and nine new genera.[3] The liverwort Lejeunea hodgsoniana was named in her honour[4] as was the species Lepidolaena hodgsoniae.[1]
Her herbarium was donated to Massey University in 1972.[2]
Recognition
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.[5][6] Hodgson was also an honorary member of the British Bryological Society.[1]
Hodgson was awarded an honorary doctorate by Massey University in 1976.[1][6]
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.[6]
The standard author abbreviation E.A.Hodgs. is used to indicate this person as the author when citing a botanical name.[7]
References
- Smith, Val (2015). Common Ground: Who's Who in New Zealand botanical names. New Zealand: Wordsmith. p. 204. ISBN 9780473308476.
- "Hodgson, Eliza Amy (c. 1889-1983)". plants.jstor.org. Retrieved 12 February 2019.
- Axford, C. Joy (2000). "Hodgson, Eliza Amy". Te Ara: The Encyclopedia of New England. Retrieved 10 October 2017.
- Lewington, R.J.; Beveridge, P.; Renner, M.A.M. 2013: Lejeunea hodgsoniana, a newly described, long recognised Lejeunea (Jungermanniopsida, Lejeuneaceae) from lowland coastal forest habitats in New Zealand. PhytoKeys, 29: 1-15. doi:10.3897/phytokeys.29.5376
- Axford, C. Joy. "Eliza Amy Hodgson". Dictionary of New Zealand Biography. Ministry for Culture and Heritage. Retrieved 23 April 2017.
- "Eliza Amy Hodgson". royalsociety.org.nz. Retrieved 12 February 2019.
- International Plant Names Index. E.A.Hodgs.