Josephine Rich

Josephine Gordon Rich (1866–1940) was a New Zealand zoologist. In 1891, Rich achieved the highest grade in all her first year classes in zoology, botany, general biology, and practical biology from the University of Otago.[1] Rich does not appear to have graduated despite her high grades, but this may be because she was not eligible to graduate, having been homeschooled.[2]

Rich was one of only four New Zealand women who published results of her scientific work before 1901.[2] Her work on spiny lobsters (Palinurus edwardsii) was co-authored by her teacher Thomas Jeffery Parker in 1893.[3]

On 28 August 1894, Josephine married the Australian William Aitcheson Haswell (1854–1925), a friend of Thomas Jeffrey Parker, in Christchurch, New Zealand, and subsequently moved to Australia.[4][5][6]

References
  1. "UNIVERSITY OF OTAGO". Otago Daily Times. 5 November 1891. Retrieved 6 August 2017 – via paperspast.
  2. Crane, Rosi (2017). "Rich Pickings: the intellectual life of Josephine Gordon Rich (1866–1940)". Journal of New Zealand Studies. 24: 57 – via The Journal of New Zealand Studies.
  3. Parker, Thomas Jeffery; Rich, Josephine Gordon (1893). Fletcher, J. J. (ed.). "Observations on the Myology of Palinurus Edwardsii". Macleay Memorial Volume. Wentworth Press: 159–178 – via archive.org.
  4. Morison, Patricia. Australian Dictionary of Biography. Canberra: National Centre of Biography, Australian National University.
  5. "MARRIAGE". Mataura Ensign. 31 August 1894. Retrieved 6 August 2017 – via paperspast.natlib.govt.nz.
  6. "Josephine Rich". Royal Society Te Apārangi. Retrieved 12 August 2019.
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