Eliza Maria Gordon-Cumming
Scottish aristocrat, horticulturalist, palaeontologist (1795-1842) / From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
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Eliza Maria, Lady Gordon-Cumming (née Campbell; 1795 - 21 April 1842) was a Scottish aristocrat, horticulturalist, palaeontologist and scientific illustrator. Lady Cumming collected and studied Devonian fish fossils from the Old Red Sandstone of Morayshire, Scotland. She amassed a large and well-known collection which she illustrated, along with her daughter Lady Anne Seymour.[1] Lady Cumming worked with other palaeontologists and geologists of the time including Louis Agassiz, William Buckland and Roderick Murchison.
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Eliza Maria Gordon-Cumming | |
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Born | Eliza Maria Campbell 1795 (1795) |
Died | 21 April 1842(1842-04-21) (aged 46–47) |
Spouse | Sir William Gordon-Cumming, 2nd Baronet |
Children | 13 |
Scientific career | |
Fields | Paleontology, scientific illustration |
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