Hodgson, Elizabeth (1814–1877)
Hodgson, Elizabeth (1814–1877)
English botanist and geologist. Born Elizabeth Hodgson, 1814; lived in Ulverston, Cumbria, England; died Dec 26, 1877; dau. of Captain James Hodgson (Royal Navy).
Self-educated geologist and botanist, investigated the botany and geology of the Furness area (later part of Cumbria); studied movement and flow of granite fragments in Ulverston, Cumbria; corresponded with British Museum geologists, including Adam Sedgwick; collected Furness area mosses; studied glacial drifts; wrote theories on the weathering of the carboniferous limestone (Furness area, later part of Cumbria).
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