Constructing the Global Irish Woman Traveller: Cynthia Longfield’s Scientific Researches in South America, 1921-27

Irish-born Cynthia Longfield (1896-1991) became a leading entomologist after participating in three expeditions to South America in the 1920s. Working unpaid in the British Museum for 30 years, she catalogued Odonata (dragonflies and damselflies) from all over the world, published scientific papers,...

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Main Author: Angela Byrne
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: Associação Brasileira de Estudos Irlandeses 2020-05-01
Series:ABEI Journal
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Online Access:http://revistas.fflch.usp.br/abei/article/view/3812