|
Cockerell
Cockerell is a surname, and may refer to: People *Allan Cockerell (1891–1975), New Zealand soldier and politician * Catherine Cockerell Cobb (1903–1995), British jeweler, silversmith, daughter of Douglas *Charles Robert Cockerell (1788–1863), British architect, son of Samuel *Christabel Cockerell (1860–1903), British artist *Christopher Cockerell (1910–1999), British inventor of the hovercraft, son of Sydney *Douglas Cockerell (1870–1945), British bookbinder, brother of Sydney *Florence Kingsford Cockerell (1871–1949), English illustrator and calligrapher, wife of Sydney *Frederick Pepys Cockerell (1833–1878), British architect * John Cockerell (1845–1937), English football player *Mark Cockerell, American figure skater *Michael Cockerell (born 1940), British maker of political documentaries *Samuel Pepys Cockerell (1754–1827), British architect *Stanley Cockerell (1895–1940), World War I flying ace *Sydney Cockerell (1867–1962), British museum curator and sec ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Wilmatte Porter Cockerell
Wilmatte Porter Cockerell (July 28, 1870 - January 1, 1957) was an American entomologist and high school biology teacher who discovered and collected a large number of insect specimens and other organisms. She participated in numerous research and collecting field trips including the Cockerell-Mackie-Ogilvie expedition. She wrote several scientific articles in her own right, co-authored more with her husband, Theodore Dru Alison Cockerell, and assisted him with his prolific scientific output. She discovered and cultivated red sunflowers, eventually selling the seeds to commercial seed companies. Her husband and her entomological colleagues named a number of taxon, taxa in her honor. Biography Cockerell was born Wilmatte Porter in Leon, Iowa, in 1869. She attended Stanford University and graduated from there in 1898. From 1899 she was employed as a professor of biology at the New Mexico Highlands University, New Mexico Normal University in Las Vegas, New Mexico. There she met The ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
