Lilian Jane Gould
Lilian Jane Gould | |
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Linnaean Society | |
Born | Lilian Jane Gould 19 February 1861 England |
Died | 2 December 1936 | (aged 75)
Alma mater | Somerville College, Oxford |
Spouse | Victor Herbert Veley |
Awards | Fellow of the Linnean Society |
Scientific career | |
Fields | Natural Sciences |
Lilian Jane Gould (1861–1936), also known as Lilian J. Veley, was a British biologist mainly known for her studies of microorganisms in liquor. She was one of the first women admitted to the
Biography
Lilian Jane Gould was born on 19 February 1861, to Katharine Emma Gould and the Rev. J. Nutcombe. She attended
In 1904, she became one of the first women elected to the Linnean Society of London.[6]
During World War I, Gould served as the commandant of a London unit of the British Red Cross.[1]
Her husband died in 1933 and Gould died on 2 December 1936.[3] An obituary was published in the Proceedings of the Linnaean Society.[7]
Research
Gould wrote her first two scientific papers while still at Oxford University; one was on colour in the larvae of lepidoptera, while the other was on an amoeba, Pelomyxa palustris.[1]
Veley was a scientist and the director of the
Cat breeding
Gould also played a part in the early history of the modern breed of Siamese cat, becoming one of the first western Siamese breeders. In 1884, her brother Edward, who was Consul-General in Bangkok, brought a breeding pair of the cats back home as a gift for his sister. Gould's pair, named Pho and Mia, produced three Siamese kittens, and all five attracted attention the following year at the annual cat show at London's Crystal Palace. Gould would go on to co-found the Siamese Cat Club in 1901.[9][10]
Some photographs of other types of cats owned by Gould are held in the UK National Archives.[11][12] She also interviewed in 1910 a family in Putney who owned a cat claimed to have been stolen from a Japanese temple of which cats were traditional guards.[13]
See also
References
- ^ ISBN 9780585276847. Retrieved 19 March 2016.
- ^ General Register Office Register of Marriages SEP 1895 5b 217 NEWTON A. Victor Herbert Veley = Lilian Jane Gould
- ^ . Retrieved 19 March 2016.
- ^ Parkes, Susan M. A Danger to the Men? A History of Women in Trinity College Dublin 1904–2004, 2004.
- ^ Trinity College (Dublin, Ireland) (1905). The Dublin University Calendar. p. 102. Retrieved 19 March 2016.
- ^ Proceedings of the Linnean Society of London, 1904.
- ISBN 978-1-135-96342-2.
- ^ Veley, Lilian J.; Veley, Victor H. (1898). The Micro-Organism of Faulty Rum. London: Henry Frowde. Retrieved 19 March 2016.
- ^ "Edward Blencowe Gould or Owen Gould". Archived from the original on 11 March 2005. Retrieved 16 March 2016.
- ^ Connor, Janine. I Am Siamese: How to Raise Siamese Cats and Kittens, 2007.
- ^ ""Photograph, orange Persian cat, 'Ginger'." Copyright owner and author of work: Mrs Lilian Jane Veley, 20 Bradmore Road, Oxford". British National Archives. Retrieved 19 March 2016.
- ^ ""Photograph, silver-grey Persian kitten 'Toddie'." Copyright owner and author of work: Mrs Lilian Jane Veley, 20 Bradmore Road, Oxford". British National Archives. Retrieved 19 March 2016.
- ISBN 978-0-486-43114-7.