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Agnes Crane
Birth Date:June 1852
Birth Place:Thorney, Cambridgeshire
Death Date:September 1932
Death Place:Brighton, Sussex
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Known For:Studies of the Brachiopoda
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Father:Edward Crane
Mother:Jane Turnell

Agnes Crane (June 1852September 1932) was an amateur English paleontologist, who published a number of articles on fossil and recent brachiopods, described a new brachiopod species, and presented her work internationally.[1] [2] [3] [4]

Early life

Agnes Crane was born in June 1852 in Thorney, near Peterborough, Cambridgeshire.[5] She was the only child of Edward Crane (18221901) and Jane Turnell. Crane lived in Thorney until 1866, when her father retired. They settled in Brighton in 1867, after travelling around Europe.[6] Crane lived in Brighton for the rest of her life.

Edward Crane was elected a Fellow of the Geological Society of London in 1872, and became involved with the Brighton Museum in the 1870s, first assisting with the geological gallery, and later as a member and then chair of the museum committee.[2] [6]

Writings on paleontology

From the late 1870s, Crane had a deep interest in recent and fossil organisms, and wrote a number journal articles on fish, cephalopods and brachiopods. She had no formal university training,[2] but corresponded with leading zoologists and paleontologists of the day, such as Albert Günther at the Natural History Museum, London, and presented her work or, had her work presented, to local scientific meetings, including the Brighton and Sussex Natural History Society.[7] In Brighton, Crane was able to work with Scottish paleontologist, and brachiopod specialist, Thomas Davidson. Davidson lived in Brighton for many years, and in the 1870s was chairman of the Brighton museum committee,[8] a role later taken on by Crane's father.

After Davidson died, in 1885, Crane was invited by the Linnean Society to oversee the editing and final production of Davidson's monograph of recent brachiopods.[9] Within the collections left by Davidson, Crane came across some samples of brachiopods that had recently been dredged from shallow waters offshore from Port Stephens, New South Wales by Australian malacologist John Brazier. Davidson had labelled the samples Atretia brazeri, in honour of the collector, but had not completed any formal description of the material. Crane examined and described the samples, and published the first technical description of this new species in a paper in April 1886.[10] Subsequent work has shown that this species is part of a genus of brachiopods, Aulites, that are only found in Australian waters.[11]

in subsequent years, Crane wrote a number of book chapters, essays and technical papers on brachiopod anatomy and evolution.[12] [13]

In addition to her writings on paleontology, Crane wrote more widely on topics including sea-level change[14] and ancient Mexican heraldry; she also wrote a number of book reviews for scientific journals and contributed to discussions of papers on other topics.[15]

Travel

Crane was well travelled and, among other things, published an extended account of a trip to the United States in 1881 and visits to a number of museums and collections.[16] In August 1893, Crane was one of twelve women who presented papers at the Women's Auxiliary Branch of the World's Congress in Chicago.[17] [18] [19]

Crane died in September 1932, in Brighton.[20]

Published works

Paleontology and natural history

Other topics

Notes and References

  1. Book: Ogilvie, Marilyn Bailey. The Biographical Dictionary of Women in Science: A-K. Taylor & Francis. 2000-01-01. 9780415920407. Joy Dorothy. Harvey. Marilyn Bailey Ogilvie. Joy Harvey. 300.
  2. British Women Who Contributed to Research in the Geological Sciences in the Nineteenth Century. Mary R. S. Creese. Creese, Thomas M.. 1994. The British Journal for the History of Science. 27. 1. 31–32. JSTOR.
  3. III.—The Evolution of the Brachiopoda. Agnes. Crane. February 19, 1895. Geological Magazine. 2. 2. 65–75. Cambridge University Press. 10.1017/S0016756800005811.
  4. On a Brachiopod of the Genus Atretia, named in MS. by the late Dr. T. Davidson. Crane. Agnes. Proceedings of the Scientific Meetings of the Zoological Society. 1886. 1886. 181-184. Internet Archive.
  5. Web site: Index entry, Agnes Crane. 19 August 2024. FreeBMD. ONS.
  6. Edward Crane, F.G.S.. June 19, 1901. Geological Magazine. 8. 6. 286–287. Cambridge University Press. 10.1017/S0016756800178719.
  7. Web site: Ordinary Meeting - Miss Agnes Crane On certain genera of living fish and their fossil genera. Annual Report and Abstract of Proceedings of the Brighton and Sussex Natural History Society. 1877. 44-58. googlebooks.
  8. Obituary. Thomas Davidson, LL.D., F.R.S., F.G.S., F.L.S., &c . Geological Magazine . 1885 . 2 . 528 . 10.1017/S0016756800199480 . free .
  9. Web site: A monograph of recent Brachiopoda. HathiTrust.
  10. On a Brachiopod of the Genus Atretia, named in MS. by the late Dr. T. Davidson. Crane. Agnes. Proceedings of the Scientific Meetings of the Zoological Society. 1886. 1886. 181-184. Internet Archive.
  11. Web site: Aulites Richardson, 1987. www.gbif.org.
  12. Popular Natural History 1. December 1, 1881. Nature. 25. 631. 107–109. www.nature.com. 10.1038/025107a0.
  13. The Generic Evolution of the Palæozoic Brachiopoda. Crane, Agnes. 1893. Science. 21. 523. 72–74. JSTOR.
  14. The Submergence of Western Europe Prior to the Neolithic Period. Crane, Agnes. 1895. Science. 2. 27. 2–4. JSTOR.
  15. Coyote or Bear?. Crane, Agnes. 1893. Science. 22. 552. 124–125. JSTOR.
  16. Web site: Notes on the eastern cities and museums of the United States. 1-4.. HathiTrust.
  17. Notes. June 1, 1893. Nature. 48. 1231. 107–111. www.nature.com. 10.1038/048107a0.
  18. III.—The Evolution of the Brachiopoda. Agnes. Crane. February 19, 1895. Geological Magazine. 2. 2. 65–75. Cambridge University Press. 10.1017/S0016756800005811.
  19. Editorial. September 20, 1893. The Journal of Geology. 1. 6. 631. CrossRef. 10.1086/606216.
  20. Web site: Index entry, Agnes Crane. 19 August 2024. FreeBMD. ONS.
  21. III.—On Certain Genera of Living Fishes and their Fossil Affinities. Agnes. Crane. May 19, 1877. Geological Magazine. 4. 5. 209–219. Cambridge University Press. 10.1017/S0016756800149143.
  22. II.—The General History of the Cephalopoda, Recent and Fossil. Agnes. Crane. November 19, 1878. Geological Magazine. 5. 11. 487–499. Cambridge University Press. 10.1017/S0016756800151118.
  23. VI.—New Classifications of the Brachiopoda. Agnes. Crane. July 19, 1893. Geological Magazine. 10. 7. 318–323. Cambridge University Press. 10.1017/S0016756800163824.
  24. II.—The Evolution of the Brachiopoda. Agnes. Crane. March 19, 1895. Geological Magazine. 2. 3. 103–116. Cambridge University Press. 10.1017/S0016756800005951.
  25. Ancient Mexican Heraldry. Crane, Agnes. 1892. Science. 20. 503. 174–176. JSTOR.

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