Lydia Suckling
Lydia Annie Suckling (later Hickmott; 3 January 1890 – 10 March 1979) was a New Zealand botanist.
Suckling was born on 3 January 1890 in Christchurch, to parents Evelyn and Walter, and attended Richmond Primary School and Christchurch Girls' High School. In 1907, Suckling was a Senior National and Gammack Scholar.[1][2] She obtained a BA in 1911, and in 1912 achieved Second Class Honours in botany from Canterbury University College.[3][1]
Her Masters' thesis was on plant ecology of the forests on the Port Hills, and she published a paper from this work in 1913.[4] In her paper, she thanks Leonard Cockayne for his assistance.
Suckling was employed as a student assistant at Canterbury University College in 1910, and then taught at Napier Girls' High School from 1912 to 1915. She worked at Auckland Girls' Grammar School 1916–17.
On 8 May 1918 Suckling married Ewin John Bramwell Hickmott and had two sons.[3] Hickmott was a fruit-grower who later became the "biggest breeder and producer of pigs in the South Island".[5][6] Suckling died on 10 March 1979.[7][8]
In 2017, Suckling was selected as one the Royal Society of New Zealand's "150 women in 150 words".[9]
Publications
- "Leaf-anatomy of Trees and Shrubs on the Port Hills" (1913) Transactions and Proceedings of the New Zealand Institute
References
- ^ a b Thomson, A.D. (2000). "Some pioneer women graduates in botany from Canterbury University College" (PDF). Journal of the Canterbury Botanical Society. 34: 54–63.
- ^ "North Canterbury Education Board". The Press. 12 March 1908. Retrieved 6 October 2019.
- ^ a b James Hight; Alice M. F. Candy (1927), A short history of the Canterbury College (University of New Zealand) ; with a register of graduates and associates of the college, Whitcombe & Tombs Limited, Wikidata Q105152203
- ^ "Transactions and Proceedings of the New Zealand Institute For The Year 1913 [electronic resource]". rsnz.natlib.govt.nz. Retrieved 2019-10-07.
- ^ "Called for Service". paperspast.natlib.govt.nz. 19 September 1917. Retrieved 2021-01-31.
{{cite web}}: CS1 maint: url-status (link) - ^ "Armed Forces Appeals". paperspast.natlib.govt.nz. 26 May 1943. Retrieved 2021-01-31.
{{cite web}}: CS1 maint: url-status (link) - ^ "ATL: Unpublished Collections". tiaki.natlib.govt.nz. Retrieved 2019-10-07.
- ^ Death certificate 1979/27648 available from Department of Internal Affairs.
- ^ "Lydia Suckling". Royal Society Te Apārangi. Retrieved 2019-10-07.