Martha Burton Williamson
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Martha Burton Woodhead Williamson (1843–1922) was an American
malacologist and journalist. She was a founding member of the American Association of Conchologists and vice president of the Historical Society of Southern California, as well as the second president of the Southern California Press Club.[1]
Martha Burton Woodhead was born March 6, 1843, in the English town of
Cincinnati, Ohio, the following year. She was educated in Ohio and later in Iowa, attending Burlington College with an emphasis in philosophy, but never graduated. In 1866 she married Civil War veteran Charles Wesley Williamson, and they had three daughters.[2][1]
Williamson's journalism career began in 1877, and she was a correspondent for
Los Angeles, California and started collecting seashells. It was in Los Angeles that she became active in malacology, the study of mollusks.[3]
She researched the marine family of
gastropods, Mitridae, the miters.[4] She proposed 11 new names for mollusks, at least two of which are still valid: Crepidula naticarum and Crepidula norrisiarum.[2]
Williamson maintained a correspondence with
Smithsonian Institution Archives.[3]
References
- ^ S2CID 89061191.
- ^ a b Coan, Eugene V. (1989). "The malacological papers and taxa of Martha Burton Woodhead Williamson, 1843- 1922, and the Isaac Lea Chapter of the Agassiz Association". The Veliger. 32 (3): 296–301.
- ^ a b c "Martha Burton Woodhead Williamson Papers, 1849-1922". SIA Acc. 06-121. Smithsonian Institution Archives. Retrieved 14 May 2012.
- ^ a b "Biographical Etymology of Marine Organism Names. V & W". Hans G. Hansson. Archived from the original on 18 September 2013. Retrieved 14 May 2012.
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External links
- Works by or about Martha Burton Williamson at Internet Archive
- Finding aid to M. B. Williamson papers, 1887-1927 at Stanford University Library
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