ELEANOR A See also:

• ELEANOR A ORMEROD

ORMEROD  . (1828-1901), See also:

• ENGLISH

English entomologist, was the daughter of See also:

• GEORGE
• GEORGE, 8TH MARQUESS OF TWEEDDALE (1787-1876)
• GEORGE, HENRY (1839—1897)
• GEORGE, LAKE
• GEORGE, SAINT (d. 303)

George See also:

• ORMEROD, ELEANOR A

Ormerod, F.R.S., author of The See also:

• HISTORY

History of See also:

• CHESHIRE

Cheshire, and was See also:

• BORN, IGNAZ, EDLER VON (1742–1791)

born at Sedbury See also:

• PARK (Fr. part; Ital. parco; Sp. Marque; O.Eng. pearroc; connected with Ger. pferch, fold, and pfarrei, district, translating med. Lat. parochia, parish)
• PARK, EDWARDS AMASA (1808–1900)
• PARK, MUNGO (1771-1806?)

Park, See also:

• GLOUCESTER
• GLOUCESTER (abbreviated as pronounced Glo'ster)
• GLOUCESTER, EARLS AND DUKES OF
• GLOUCESTER, GILBERT DE CLARE, EARL OF (1243-1295)
• GLOUCESTER, RICHARD DE CLARE, EARL OF (1222-1262)
• GLOUCESTER, ROBERT, EARL OF (d. 1147)
• GLOUCESTER, THOMAS OF WOODSTOCK, DUKE

Gloucester-See also:

• SHIRE

shire, on the 11th of May 1828 . From her earliest childhood See also:

• INSECTS

insects were her delight, and the opportunity afforded for entomological study by the large See also:

• ESTATE (through O. Fr. estat, mod. flat, from Lat. status, state, condition, position, stare, to stand)

estate upon which she See also:

• GREW, NEHEMIAH (1641-1712)

grew up and the See also:

• INTEREST

interest she took in See also:

• AGRICULTURE
• AGRICULTURE (from Lat. ages, field, and colere, to cultivate)
• AGRICULTURE, BOARD OF

agriculture generally soon made her a See also:

• LOCAL

local authority upon this subject . When, in 1868, the Royal Horticultural Society began forming a collection of See also:

• INSECT

insect pests of the See also:

• FARM

farm for See also:

• PRACTICAL

practical purposes, See also:

• MISS

Miss Ormerod largely contributed.to it, and was awarded the See also:

• FLORA

Flora See also:

• MEDAL (Fr. medaille, from Lat. metallum)

medal of the society . In 1877 she issued a pamphlet, Notes for Observations on Injurious Insects, which was distributed among persons interested in this See also:

• LINE

line of inquiry, who readily sent in the results of their researches, and was thus the beginning of the well-known See also:

• ANNUAL

Annual See also:

• SERIES (a Latin word from serere, to join)

Series of Reports on Injurious Insects and Farm Pests . In 1881 Miss Ormerod published a See also:

• SPECIAL

special See also:

• REPORT (O.Fr. report or raport, modern rapport, from O.Fr. reporter, mod. rap porter, Lat. reportare, to bring back, in poetical use only, of bringing back an account, news, &c.)

report upon the " See also:

• TURNIP

turnip-See also:

• FLY (formed on the root of the supposed original Tent. fleugan, to fly)

fly," and in 1882 was appointed consulting entomologist to the Royal Agricultural Society, a See also:

• POST

post she held until 1892 . For several years she was lecturer on scientific See also:

• ENTOMOLOGY (Gr. iv-roµa, insects, and Xiryos, a discourse)

entomology at the Royal Agricultural See also:

• COLLEGE (Collegium)

College, See also:

• CIRENCESTER (traditionally pronounced Ciceter)

Cirencester . Her fame was not confined to See also:

• ENGLAND
• ENGLAND, THE CHURCH OF

England: she received See also:

• SILVER

silver and See also:

• GOLD
• GOLD [symbol Au, atomic weight 195.7(H = 1),197.2(0 =16)]

gold medals from the university of See also:

• MOSCOW (Russian Moskva)
• MOSCOW, (Russian Moskva)

Moscow for her See also:

• MODELS

models of insects injurious to See also:

• PLANTS

plants, and her See also:

• TREATISE

treatise on The Injurious Insects of See also:

• SOUTH
• SOUTH, ROBERT (1634–1716)

South See also:

• AFRICA
• AFRICA, ROMAN

Africa showed how wide was her range . In 1899 she received the large silver medal from the Societe Nationale d' Acclimatation de See also:

• FRANCE
• FRANCE, ANATOLE (1844– )

France . Among others of her See also:

• WORKS

works are the See also:

• COBDEN, RICHARD (1804-1865)

Cobden See also:

• JOURNALS

Journals, See also:

• MANUAL

Manual of Injurious Insects, and Handbook of Insects injurious to See also:

• ORCHARD (O. Eng. ort-geard, later orceard; a combination apparently of Lat. hortus, garden, and " yard " or " Barth ")

Orchard and See also:

• BUSH

Bush Fruits . Almost the last See also:

• HONOUR (Lat. honos or lwnor, honoris; in English the word was spelled with or without the u indifferently until the 17th century, but during the 18th century it became fashion-able to spell the word " honor "; Johnson's and Webster's Dictionaries stereoty

honour which See also:

• FELL
• FELL, JOHN (1625-1686)

fell to her was the honorary degree of LL.D. of See also:

• EDINBURGH

Edinburgh University—a unique distinction, for she was the first woman upon whom the university had conferred this degree . The See also:

• DEAN (Lat. decanus, derived from the Gr. 8eaa, ten)
• DEAN, FOREST OF

dean of the legal See also:

• FACULTY (through the French, from the Lat. facultas, ability to do anything, from facilis, easy, facere, to do; another form of the word in Lat. facilitas, facility, ease, keeps the original meaning)

faculty in making the presentation aptly summoned up Miss Ormerod's services as follows: " The pre-eminent position which Miss Ormerod holds in the See also:

• WORLD

world of See also:

• SCIENCE (Lat. scientia, from scire; to learn, know)

science is the See also:

• REWARD

reward of patient study and unwearying observation .

Her investigations have been chiefly directed towards the See also:

• DISCOVERY

discovery of methods for the prevention of the ravages of those insects which are injurious to orchard, See also:

• FIELD (a word common to many West German languages, cf. Ger. Feld, Dutch veld, possibly cognate with O.E. f olde, the earth, and ultimately with root of the Gr. irAaror, broad)
• FIELD, CYRUS WEST (1819-1892)
• FIELD, DAVID DUDLEY (18o5-1894)
• FIELD, EUGENE (1850-1895)
• FIELD, FREDERICK (18o1—1885)
• FIELD, HENRY MARTYN (1822-1907)
• FIELD, JOHN (1782—1837)
• FIELD, MARSHALL (183 1906)
• FIELD, NATHAN (1587—1633)
• FIELD, STEPHEN JOHNSON (1816-1899)
• FIELD, WILLIAM VENTRIS FIELD, BARON (1813-1907)

field and See also:

• FOREST

forest . Her labours have been crowned with such success that she is entitled to be hailed the protectress of agriculture and the frujts of the See also:

• EARTH
• EARTH (a word common to Teutonic languages, cf. Ger. Erde, Dutch aarde, Swed. and Dan. jord; outside Teutonic it appears only in the Gr. 'pq'e, on the ground; it has been connected by some etymologists with the Aryan root ar-, to plough, which is seen in
• EARTH, FIGURE OF
• EARTH, FIGURE OF THE

earth—a beneficent See also:

• DEMETER

Demeter of the 19th See also:

• CENTURY (from Lat. centuria, a division of a hundred men)

century." She died at St Albans on the 19th of See also:

• JULY

July 1901 .