Martha Burton Woodhead Williamson

Martha Burton Woodhead Williamson (1843–1922) was an American malacologist who was born in England in 1843. As a child, she moved with her parents to Ohio. She became an active participant in the Woman's Christian Temperance Union. In 1887 (at age 44) she moved to Los Angeles, California and started collecting seashells. It was in Los Angeles that she became active in malacology, the study of mollusks.[1] She researched the marine family of gastropods, Mitridae, the miters.[2]

Williamson maintained a correspondence with William Healey Dall and J. G. Cooper.[1] The minute marine gastropod Vitrinella williamsoni was named in her honor.[2] Her papers are held in the collection of the Smithsonian Institution Archives.[1]

Further reading

Publications by Martha Burton Woodhead Williamson
  • Ladies' clubs and societies in Los Angeles in 1892, reported for the Historical Society of Southern California. Los Angeles: E.R King (1925).
Publications about Martha Burton Woodhead Williamson
  • Coan, Eugene V. The Malacological Papers and Taxa of Martha Burton Woodhead Williamson, 1843-1922. Santa Barbara: California Malacozoological Society (1989).

References

  1. 1 2 3 "Martha Burton Woodhead Williamson Papers, 1849-1922". SIA Acc. 06-121. Smithsonian Institution Archives. Retrieved 14 May 2012.
  2. 1 2 "Biographical Etymology of Marine Organism Names. V & W". Hans G. Hansson. Retrieved 14 May 2012.


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