Person
Coxen, Elizabeth Frances (1825 - 1906)
- Born
- 1825
Gloucestershire, United Kingdom - Died
- 11 August 1906
Brisbane, Queensland, Australia - Occupation
- Naturalist and Meteorologist
Summary
Elizabeth Frances Coxen was a naturalist and meteorologist who, together with her husband Charles, donated many natural history specimens to the Queensland Museum. She did a lot of collecting of shells, birds and insects in her own right. After her husband's death she continued her collecting and became the first female elected a member of the Royal Society of Queensland. Coxen also prepared monthly weather reports of the local area which were also given to the Museum. She is commemorated by the snail Spurlingia coxeanea.
Related entries
Published resources
Encyclopedia of Australian Science and Innovation Exhibitions
- McCarthy, Gavan; Morgan, Helen; Smith, Ailie; van den Bosch, Alan, Where are the Women in Australian Science?, Exhibition of the Encyclopedia of Australian Science and Innovation, First published 2003 with lists updated regulary edn, Australian Science and Technology Heritage Centre, Melbourne, Victoria, 2003, https://eoas.info/exhibitions/wisa/wisa.html. Details
Edited Books
- McKay, Judith ed., Brilliant Careers: Women Collectors and Illustrators in Queensland (Brisbane: Queensland Museum, 1997), 80 pp. Details
Resources
- Wikidata, http://www.wikidata.org/entity/Q5362632. Details
- 'Coxen, Elizabeth Frances (1825-19060811)', Trove, National Library of Australia, 2009, https://nla.gov.au/nla.party-1477099. Details
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Created: 11 September 2006, Last modified: 10 January 2023