Amy Hodgson

Eliza Amy Hodgson (née Campbell, 10 October 1888 – 7 January 1983) was a New Zealand botanist who specialised in liverworts.

Amy Hodgson
Born
Eliza Amy Campbell

(1888-10-10)10 October 1888
Havelock North, New Zealand
Died7 January 1982(1982-01-07) (aged 93)
Hastings, New Zealand
AwardsFellow of the Royal Society of New Zealand; Fellow of the Linnean Society of London; Honorary Doctorate from Massey University.
Scientific career
FieldsBotany
Author abbrev. (botany)E.A.Hodgs.

Early life

Hodgson was born in Havelock North and attended Pukahu Primary School and Napier Girls' High School.[1] She went by her middle name Amy.[2] Hodgson was self-educated in botany as her father refused to allow her to attend university.[1]

Botany work
Lejeunea hodgsoniana

Hodgson collected numerous specimens and was encouraged by George Osborne King Sainsbury with whom she collected.[2] Hodgson also collected with Kenneth Willway Allison.[2] Hodgson published her first scientific paper at the age of 42 and went on to publish more than 30 papers thereafter.[3] She described two new species of liverworts and nine new genera.[3] The liverwort Lejeunea hodgsoniana was named in her honour[4] as was the species Lepidolaena hodgsoniae.[1]

Her herbarium was donated to Massey University in 1972.[2]

Recognition

She was elected a Fellow of the Linnean Society of London and in 1961 was accorded the same honour by the Royal Society of New Zealand.[5][6] Hodgson was also an honorary member of the British Bryological Society.[1]

Hodgson was awarded an honorary doctorate by Massey University in 1976.[1][6]

The standard author abbreviation E.A.Hodgs. is used to indicate this person as the author when citing a botanical name.[7]

References
  1. Smith, Val (2015). Common Ground: Who's Who in New Zealand botanical names. New Zealand: Wordsmith. p. 204. ISBN 9780473308476.
  2. "Hodgson, Eliza Amy (c. 1889-1983)". plants.jstor.org. Retrieved 12 February 2019.
  3. Axford, C. Joy (2000). "Hodgson, Eliza Amy". Te Ara: The Encyclopedia of New England. Retrieved 10 October 2017.
  4. Lewington, R.J.; Beveridge, P.; Renner, M.A.M. 2013: Lejeunea hodgsoniana, a newly described, long recognised Lejeunea (Jungermanniopsida, Lejeuneaceae) from lowland coastal forest habitats in New Zealand. PhytoKeys, 29: 1-15. doi:10.3897/phytokeys.29.5376
  5. Axford, C. Joy. "Eliza Amy Hodgson". Dictionary of New Zealand Biography. Ministry for Culture and Heritage. Retrieved 23 April 2017.
  6. "Eliza Amy Hodgson". royalsociety.org.nz. Retrieved 12 February 2019.
  7. IPNI.  E.A.Hodgs.
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