Matches in DBpedia 2016-04 for { ?s ?p "Elizabeth Catherine Thomas Carne (1817–1873) was a British geologist, conchologist, banker, natural philosopher and mineral collector. Today we would probably place her contributions to science in the realm of human ecology, writes a recent author. She was the fifth daughter of eight children born to Joseph Carne, F.R.S., and his wife Mary Thomas Carne of Glamorgan.Elizabeth was born at Rivière House, in the parish of Phillack,near Hayle Cornwall, United Kingdom, and baptised in Phillack church on 15 May 1820. At Riviere House the cellars were fitted out as laboratories where smelting processes of copper and tin were tested, and minerals and rocks studied for their constituents. To that laboratory had come, before she was born, such as Davies Gilbert, bringing with him the young Humphry Davy to view the workings of a scientific environment. Born into a wealthy and influential Methodist family of mine owners and merchants, Elizabeth was acutely aware throughout her life of the poverty and deprivation in surrounding mining areas, and the dire need for education and social support for those less fortunate. She read widely, studied mathematics and the classics, and learned several languages. Both her grandfather and her father were staunch and active Methodist class leaders within the Church of England, and the local Methodist book room was lodged in their home. Educated at home in Chapel Street by her parents, Penzance with her sisters, she assisted her father with his extensive mineral collections, and shared his keen interest in geological formations, age and density."@en }
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- Elizabeth_Carne abstract "Elizabeth Catherine Thomas Carne (1817–1873) was a British geologist, conchologist, banker, natural philosopher and mineral collector. Today we would probably place her contributions to science in the realm of human ecology, writes a recent author. She was the fifth daughter of eight children born to Joseph Carne, F.R.S., and his wife Mary Thomas Carne of Glamorgan.Elizabeth was born at Rivière House, in the parish of Phillack,near Hayle Cornwall, United Kingdom, and baptised in Phillack church on 15 May 1820. At Riviere House the cellars were fitted out as laboratories where smelting processes of copper and tin were tested, and minerals and rocks studied for their constituents. To that laboratory had come, before she was born, such as Davies Gilbert, bringing with him the young Humphry Davy to view the workings of a scientific environment. Born into a wealthy and influential Methodist family of mine owners and merchants, Elizabeth was acutely aware throughout her life of the poverty and deprivation in surrounding mining areas, and the dire need for education and social support for those less fortunate. She read widely, studied mathematics and the classics, and learned several languages. Both her grandfather and her father were staunch and active Methodist class leaders within the Church of England, and the local Methodist book room was lodged in their home. Educated at home in Chapel Street by her parents, Penzance with her sisters, she assisted her father with his extensive mineral collections, and shared his keen interest in geological formations, age and density.".
- Q5362536 abstract "Elizabeth Catherine Thomas Carne (1817–1873) was a British geologist, conchologist, banker, natural philosopher and mineral collector. Today we would probably place her contributions to science in the realm of human ecology, writes a recent author. She was the fifth daughter of eight children born to Joseph Carne, F.R.S., and his wife Mary Thomas Carne of Glamorgan.Elizabeth was born at Rivière House, in the parish of Phillack,near Hayle Cornwall, United Kingdom, and baptised in Phillack church on 15 May 1820. At Riviere House the cellars were fitted out as laboratories where smelting processes of copper and tin were tested, and minerals and rocks studied for their constituents. To that laboratory had come, before she was born, such as Davies Gilbert, bringing with him the young Humphry Davy to view the workings of a scientific environment. Born into a wealthy and influential Methodist family of mine owners and merchants, Elizabeth was acutely aware throughout her life of the poverty and deprivation in surrounding mining areas, and the dire need for education and social support for those less fortunate. She read widely, studied mathematics and the classics, and learned several languages. Both her grandfather and her father were staunch and active Methodist class leaders within the Church of England, and the local Methodist book room was lodged in their home. Educated at home in Chapel Street by her parents, Penzance with her sisters, she assisted her father with his extensive mineral collections, and shared his keen interest in geological formations, age and density.".