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Maria Eleanor Vere Cust
Maria Eleanor Vere Cust (1862 or 1863 – 1958) was an English geographer and missionary who was the first woman to become a Fellow of the Royal Geographical Society. Cust's father was Robert Needham Cust (1821-1909), an orientalist, colonial administrator, and judge in India. Her mother was Maria Adelaide Hobart (died 1864), daughter of Henry Hobart (priest), Henry Lewis Hobart, Dean of Windsor. Her elder sister was nurse and writer Albinia Wherry, Albinia Lucy Wherry (1857-1929). Cust "acted for many years as her father's secretary, materially aiding his studies", and also worked as a medical missionary in India. Her books of poetry, ''Songs of sunshine and shadow'' and ''The annunciation and other poems'' were privately printed in 1903 and 1904 respectively, and ''Lucem Sequor and other poems'', described as "indifferent verse ...[showing] the influence of her religion and the East", was published by in 1909. She is said to have produced "passable" translations of writers ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Royal Geographical Society
The Royal Geographical Society (with the Institute of British Geographers), often shortened to RGS, is a learned society and professional body for geography based in the United Kingdom. Founded in 1830 for the advancement of geographical sciences, the Society has 16,000 members, with its work reaching the public through publications, research groups and lectures. The Society was founded in 1830 under the name ''Geographical Society of London'' as an institution to promote the 'advancement of geographical science'. It later absorbed the older African Association, which had been founded by Sir Joseph Banks in 1788, as well as the Raleigh Club and the Palestine Association. In 1995 it merged with the Institute of British Geographers, a body for academic geographers, to officially become the Royal Geographical Society ''with IBG''. The society is governed by its Council, which is chaired by the Society's President, according to a set of statutes and standing orders. The members ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
