Elizabeth Frances Coxen (née Isaac 1825–1906) was an Australian naturalist and meteorologist.
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Born in Gloucestershire, England, Coxen emigrated to with her family to Sydney, Colony of New South Wales in 1839.[1][2][3] She was a collector of shells, insects and birds, as was her husband, Charles Coxen, and they donated many specimens to the Queensland Museum, where Elizabeth worked as curator.[4] After her husband's death, she became the first female elected a member of the Royal Society of Queensland.[5]
Coxen died in Brisbane on 11 August 1906[6][7] and was buried with her husband in the cemetery of Christ Church in Tingalpa. Her friends commissioned a plaque commemorating her at St John the Baptist Anglican Church at Bulimba.[8] She is commemorated in the name of the land snail Spurlingia coxenae (now known as Spurlingia dunkiensis).[1]
References
edit- ^ a b McKay, Judith; Healy, John M. (2017). "Elizabeth Coxen: pioneer naturalist and the Queensland Museum's first woman curator" (PDF). Memoirs of the Queensland Museum – Nature. 60: 139–160. doi:10.17082/j.2204-1478.60.2017.2017-05.
- ^ McKay, Judith, 1949-; Queensland Museum (1997), Brilliant careers : women collectors and illustrators in Queensland, Queensland Museum, pp. 8, 9, 10, ISBN 978-0-7242-7693-6
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: CS1 maint: multiple names: authors list (link) CS1 maint: numeric names: authors list (link) - ^ "Coxen, Elizabeth Frances (1825 - 1906)". Encyclopedia of Australian Science. Retrieved 25 June 2015.
- ^ Mather, Patricia (1986). A Time for a Museum: The History of the Queensland Museum 1862-1986. South Brisbane, Australia: Queensland Museum. p. 186. ISBN 0724216456. OCLC 15667855.
- ^ Chisholm, A. H. "Coxen, Charles (1809–1876)". Australian Dictionary of Biography. Canberra: National Centre of Biography, Australian National University. ISBN 978-0-522-84459-7. ISSN 1833-7538. OCLC 70677943. Retrieved 25 June 2015.
- ^ "Family Notices". The Brisbane Courier. Vol. LXIII, no. 15, 161. Queensland, Australia. 15 August 1906. p. 4. Retrieved 3 November 2018 – via National Library of Australia.
- ^ Queensland death index
- ^ "Elizabeth Coxen". Monument Australia. Retrieved 25 June 2015.
External links
edit- Media related to Elizabeth Coxen at Wikimedia Commons