Agnes Crane
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Agnes Crane (born 1852) was an English paleontologist, who published a number of articles on fossil and recent brachiopods.[1][2]
Early life
[edit]Agnes Crane was born in 1852 in Brighton. She was the daughter of Edward Crane, who was a Fellow of the Geological Society of London, and had responsibility for the Brighton public museum.[2]
Writings on paleontology
[edit]From the 1880s, Crane had a deep interest in recent and fossil brachiopods, and worked closely with Scottish paleontologist Thomas Davidson. After Davidson died, in 1885, Crane was invited by the Linnean Society to oversee the editing and final production of Davidson's monograph of recent brachiopods.[3] Crane wrote a number of book chapters, essays and technical papers on brachiopod anatomy and evolution.[4][5]
Travel
[edit]Crane was well travelled and, among other things, published an extended account of a trip to the United States in 1881 and visits to a number of museums and collections.[6] In 1893, Crane was one of a number of women who presented papers at the world Congress of Geology in Chicago.[7]
References
[edit]- ^ Ogilvie, Marilyn Bailey; Harvey, Joy Dorothy (2000-01-01). The Biographical Dictionary of Women in Science: A-K. Taylor & Francis. p. 300. ISBN 9780415920407.
- ^ a b Mary R. S. Creese; Creese, Thomas M. (1994). "British Women Who Contributed to Research in the Geological Sciences in the Nineteenth Century". The British Journal for the History of Science. 27 (1): 31–32 – via JSTOR.
- ^ "A monograph of recent Brachiopoda". HathiTrust.
- ^ "Popular Natural History 1". Nature. 25 (631): 107–109. December 1, 1881. doi:10.1038/025107a0 – via www.nature.com.
- ^ Crane, Agnes (1893). "The Generic Evolution of the Palæozoic Brachiopoda". Science. 21 (523): 72–74 – via JSTOR.
- ^ "Notes on the eastern cities and museums of the United States. 1-4". HathiTrust.
- ^ "Notes". Nature. 48 (1231): 107–111. June 1, 1893. doi:10.1038/048107a0 – via www.nature.com.