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Eleanor Anne Ormerod (11 May 1828 – 19 July 1901) was an English entomologist. ==Life== She was a daughter of George Ormerod, F.R.S., author of ''The History of Cheshire'', and was born at Sedbury Park, Gloucestershire. From early childhood insects were her interest and she had great opportunities to study them in the large estate where she grew up. She studied agriculture in general and became a local authority on it. When, in 1868, the Royal Horticultural Society began forming a collection of insect pests of the farm for practical purposes, Ormerod contributed greatly to it, and was awarded the Flora medal of the society. In 1877 she published a pamphlet, ''Notes for Observations on Injurious Insects'', which was distributed to interested persons, who in turn sent in the results of their researches, resulting in a series of ''Annual Series of Reports on Injurious Insects and Farm Pests''. In 1881 Ormerod published a special report on the turnip-fly, and in 1882 was appointed consulting entomologist to the Royal Agricultural Society, a post she held until 1892. For several years she was lecturer on scientific entomology at the Royal Agricultural College, Cirencester.〔 Her fame was not confined to England; she received silver and gold medals from the University of Moscow for her models of insects injurious to plants, and her treatise on ''The Injurious Insects of South Africa'' showed how wide was her range. In 1899 she received a silver medal from the Société nationale d'acclimatation de France. Her works on natural history were widely cited and she undertook brave experiments: Among other works are the ''Cobden Journals'', ''Manual of Injurious Insects'', and ''Handbook of Insects injurious to Orchard and Bush Fruits''. Almost the last honour which fell to her was the honorary degree of LL.D. of Edinburgh University - a unique distinction, for she was the first woman upon whom the university had conferred this degree. The dean of the legal faculty summarised Ormerod's contributions: She was also the first women to be honored with a fellowship in the Meteorological Society (1878). On the death of her father she and her sisters moved to Torquay but then relocated to Spring Grove, Isleworth to be near to Kew Gardens where she had close friends in Sir Joseph and Lady Hooker, the garden's director.〔 In 1887 she moved to Torrington House, 47 Holywell Hill, St Albans, Hertfordshire with her sister Georgiana Elizabeth Ormerod. She died there on 19 July 1901. The building bears a plaque in her honour. 抄文引用元・出典: フリー百科事典『 ウィキペディア（Wikipedia）』 ■ウィキペディアで「Eleanor Anne Ormerod」の詳細全文を読む スポンサード リンク
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