Ellen Frances Hordern (1834–1856)
Ellen Frances Lubbock (1856–1879)
1834/5–79
Daughter of the Rev. Peter Hordern of Chorlton-cum-Hardy, Lancashire. Married John Lubbock in 1856.
Further Reading
Further Information:
Ellen Frances Lubbock (1834/5-1879) was the daughter of Peter Hordern, clergyman of Chorlton-cum-Hardy in Lancashire. She married banker, politician, and naturalist John Lubbock in 1856 and they lived near Charles Darwin in Kent, England until 1861. Ellen was a highly involved scientific wife: she served as her husband’s secretary, editor, and observer. She arranged and attended meetings for her husband and was politically engaged. She shared her own scientific observations and relevant readings with Darwin.
Relevant Gender Resources:
http://www.darwinproject.ac.uk/women-and-science
http://www.darwinproject.ac.uk/womens-scientific-participation
http://www.darwinproject.ac.uk/women-as-a-scientific-audience
http://www.darwinproject.ac.uk/darwin-and-gender-introduction
Primary Sources:
Darwin Correspondence Database, http://www.darwinproject.ac.uk/entry-3368
Darwin Correspondence Database, http://www.darwinproject.ac.uk/entry-4603
Darwin Correspondence Database, http://www.darwinproject.ac.uk/entry-5204
Darwin Correspondence Database, http://www.darwinproject.ac.uk/entry-4728
Darwin Correspondence Database, http://www.darwinproject.ac.uk/entry-7065
Lubbock, E. F. (1875). Supplement to harvesting ants and TrapDoor spiders. The Academy, 1869-1902, 0269-333X, (141), 67-68. Retrieved from http://search.proquest.com.ezp-prod1.hul.harvard.edu/docview/6669859?accountid=11311
Sources
Burke’s peerage 1970
Census returns of England and Wales 1861 (The National Archives: Public Record Office RG9/462/75/12)
Bibliography
Burke’s peerage: A genealogical and heraldic dictionary of the peerage and baronetage of the United Kingdom. Burke’s peerage and baronetage. 1st– edition. London: Henry Colburn [and others]. 1826–.
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