Name Eliza Hodgson | Died 1983 | |
Eliza Amy Hodgson (10 October 1888 – 7 January 1983) was a New Zealand botanist who specialized in liverworts.
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Early life
Hodgson was born in Havelock North and attended Pukahu primary school and Napier Girls' High School. She was self educated in botany as her father refused to allow her to attend university.
Botany work
Hodgson published her first scientific paper at the age of 42. The liverwort Lejeunea hodgsoniana was named in her honour as was the species Lepidolaena hodgsoniae.
She became a Fellow of the Linnean Society of London and the Royal Society of New Zealand. Hodgson was also an honorary member of the British Bryological Society.
Hodgson was awarded an honorary doctorate by Massey University in 1976.
The standard author abbreviation E.A.Hodgs. is used to indicate this person as the author when citing a botanical name.