Eleanor Anne Ormerod
(1828-1901), EntomologistSitter in 1 portrait
It wasn't until the death of her father George Ormerod that Eleanor Anne Ormerod was able to pursue her interest in entomology. Denied the formal education of her brothers, she provided insect specimens, in abundant supply on the family estate in Sedbury to the Royal Horticultural Society. She strategically moved near to Joseph Hooker which gave her access to Kew Gardens and the opportunity to expand her research professionally. From 1877 she began producing an annual report from data she collected and became an unofficial government entomologist. In 1881 Manuel of Injurious Insects was published. She was the first woman elected a fellow of the Meteorological Society in 1878 and the first woman to receive an honorary degree from the University of Edinburgh.
by Elliott & Fry
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