Cynthia Longfield (1896-1991) - British odonologist . For intensive work she was called Madame Dragonfly. Died at the age of 96. The species of dragonflies Corphaeschna longfieldae was named after Cynthia.
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The researcher who described a number of zoological taxa . The names of these taxa (to indicate authorship) are accompanied by the designation " Longfield " . |
Biography
Born in London , in the Belgravia region. She was the youngest child, had two sisters. She traveled to Egypt (1923) and caught a scorpion in the tomb of Pharaoh Ramses IX [2] . Then she responded to the announcement and took part in an expedition to the Pacific Ocean and the Galapagos Islands .
Since 1925, a member of the London Entomological and Royal Geographical Societies . In the first of them, she was the first woman [3] .
In 1937 published The Dragonflies of the British Isles . This work brought her fame. In 1932-1933 she was president of the London Society for Natural History.
During the German bombing of 1941, Longfield’s actions may have saved the Natural History Museum , where she worked, from destruction. [4]
Notes
- ↑ http://sdei.senckenberg.de/biographies/information.php?id=10532
- ↑ Travels to Egypt . Date of treatment March 9, 2017.
- ↑ International Women in Science: A Biographical Dictionary to 1950 . - ABC-CLIO, 2001. - P. 179-180. - ISBN 978-1-57607-090-1 .
- ↑ Dictionary of Women Worldwide: 25,000 Women Through the Ages . - January 1, 2007. Archived April 11, 2016 on the Wayback Machine