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Thank you Anthony and John. The obituary was very helpful but I eventually found her through her husbands name. Happened to find an active phone number for him and he's still alive, although she unfortunately passed a while ago. I am in contact with the husband. Hopefully we will have more information or an article about her coming soon. Thank you so much for the assistance. On Thu, Nov 29, 2018 at 8:51 AM Coddington, Jonathan <[log in to unmask]> wrote: > It was Ann, not Anne. Could be: > > Name:Frances Ann McKittrick > [Frances Ann Watkins] > [Frances Watkins] Gender:FemaleRace:WhiteBirth Date:22 Mar 1935Birth > Place:East Grinste, United KingdomDeath Date:10 Nov 2001Father:Thomas H > McKittrick > <https://urldefense.proofpoint.com/v2/url?u=https-3A__search.ancestry.com_cgi-2Dbin_sse.dll-3Fviewrecord-3D1-26r-3Dan-26db-3DNumident-26indiv-3Dtry-26h-3D644310532&d=DwIFaQ&c=Cu5g146wZdoqVuKpTNsYHeFX_rg6kWhlkLF8Eft-wwo&r=-lUMCZ4RK28H4qvcd3vmEBuyVJHHG0OpDzFenR9wX-A&m=T85O9jTHmdtQRBbLvqETNIBchXNfvP-3FyJR3_Pfo88&s=8OyByvKzJTmgcIWNZtYzr9V97fTq-s354dLZaivH9UY&e=> > Mother:Marjorie Benson > <https://urldefense.proofpoint.com/v2/url?u=https-3A__search.ancestry.com_cgi-2Dbin_sse.dll-3Fviewrecord-3D1-26r-3Dan-26db-3DNumident-26indiv-3Dtry-26h-3D794310532&d=DwIFaQ&c=Cu5g146wZdoqVuKpTNsYHeFX_rg6kWhlkLF8Eft-wwo&r=-lUMCZ4RK28H4qvcd3vmEBuyVJHHG0OpDzFenR9wX-A&m=T85O9jTHmdtQRBbLvqETNIBchXNfvP-3FyJR3_Pfo88&s=JNmIH4hQ_i3ZcZj1ub3vtU5TVvZalSaiMpbyEgyoohU&e=>SSN:086321739Notes:Jun > 1957: Name listed as FRANCES ANN MCKITTRICK; Oct 1966: Name listed as > FRANCES ANN WATKINS; 29 Nov 2001: Name listed as FRANCES M WATKINS > > > > *From:* Entomological Collections Network Listserve < > [log in to unmask]> *On Behalf Of *Dominic Evangelista > *Sent:* Thursday, November 29, 2018 1:24 AM > *To:* [log in to unmask] > *Subject:* Help looking for Frances Anne McKittrick > > > > Greetings, > > First, apologies if you have received another email about this from me. > > I am emailing regarding Frances Anne McKittrick. She published her PhD > thesis (McKittrick, F.A. (1964) Evolutionary studies of cockroaches. > Cornell Experiment Station Memoir, 389, 1-134.) and not much else. > Despite this minimal number of publications she is regarded very highly > among cockroach systematists and she was the first scientist to suggest one > specific phylogenetic relationship that we have now recovered with a high > degree of support and will be naming after her (paper currently > provisionally accepted). > > > > The purpose of this email is to se if anyone can assist with two tasks: 1) > finding any information that I could possibly use to contact her family or > 2) a photo of her. We wish to contact the family to first inform them that > we are naming a major taxon after her and also to potentially involve them > in press about the article. I wish to get a photo of her, also to include > in press about the article. By helping us in this you will be assisting in > bringing deserved light to a very important female scientist. She is > exactly the type of person whose face needs to be prominent in entomology. > > > Any assistance anyone might provide could be extremely appreciated. Maybe > someone has one of the books she illustrated (one is listed here < > https://urldefense.proofpoint.com/v2/url?u=https-3A__trove.nla.gov.au_work_10815108&d=DwIFaQ&c=Cu5g146wZdoqVuKpTNsYHeFX_rg6kWhlkLF8Eft-wwo&r=-lUMCZ4RK28H4qvcd3vmEBuyVJHHG0OpDzFenR9wX-A&m=T85O9jTHmdtQRBbLvqETNIBchXNfvP-3FyJR3_Pfo88&s=J4MYERER47y-Xn8cNRDrOoDgrUN5ilsfkWG8KaY4Hig&e= > <https://urldefense.proofpoint.com/v2/url?u=https-3A__trove.nla.gov.au_work_10815108&d=DwMFaQ&c=Cu5g146wZdoqVuKpTNsYHeFX_rg6kWhlkLF8Eft-wwo&r=-lUMCZ4RK28H4qvcd3vmEBuyVJHHG0OpDzFenR9wX-A&m=0bR8S7hVqhE8pzuiSvl963oXPy6rURlImMgJ81soOxY&s=BAT7-DQiv1NW3rPjiXVK1rs3sNzMwqQyostFz0uJY7A&e=>> > but I can't find any others) and it might have more information about her. > To assist, I have copied some other information about her below and > attached an image of the forward to her published dissertation, which > contains information about her various collaborations and research visits. > > > > Born: 1935 > > PhD Adviser: Thomas Eisner > > > > Bio of her written by Louis Roth in 2002: "Frances A, McKittrick (1935 - > ): *Although McKittrick has very few **publications, her Ph.D. thesis > (McKittrick 1964) revised our concepts of cockroach taxonomy, and warrants > her being included with the recent masters. This study has stimulated > considerable present day research in the taxonomy and phylogeny of > Blattaria, and although some changes and additions have been or will have > to be made, her work will be the base for future studies on cockroach > taxonomy.* > > *McKittrick has always been interested in insects and apparently was > influenced **by her father, "an accomplished amateur naturalist who would > not tolerate fear of bugs or snakes." She received her B.S. degree from > Cornell University in 1957, and after graduating worked in the Cornell > region as a* > > *free lance scientific illustrator, although she never studied art > formally; her **family has produced artists for several generations. Dr. > Thomas Eisner convinced her to study for her Ph.D., with him as her > advisor. After earning her Ph.D. she came to Florida in 1965, where she > lives today, indulging her love* > > *for horses and cows. Her husband, William N. Watkins, a retired > professional **photographer, has been instrumental in helping her develop > a technique for posing and photographing specimens so as to produce images > of the highest quality. She has illustrated at least 5 books on fishes, > mammals, bird embryos, and chromosomes, (personal communication, and from > Encyclopedia of Fishing). I have named one species after her."* > > -- > > > > *Dominic Evangelista, PhD * > > | NSF Postdoctoral fellow | > > | Muséum national d'Histoire naturelle | > > | CNRS, Université Sorbonne EPHE | > > | Institut de Systématique, Evolution, Biodiversité | > > |* 45 Rue Buffon, CP50 Paris, France **75005 *| > > | Post-Doctoral Research Associate | > > | Department of Ecology & Evolutionary Biology | > > |* The University of Tennessee, Knoxville *| > > | RoachBrain.com | Twitter: *@Roach_Brain *| > -- *Dominic Evangelista, PhD * | NSF Postdoctoral fellow | | Muséum national d'Histoire naturelle | | CNRS, Université Sorbonne EPHE | | Institut de Systématique, Evolution, Biodiversité | |* 45 Rue Buffon, CP50 Paris, France **75005 *| | Post-Doctoral Research Associate | | Department of Ecology & Evolutionary Biology | |* The University of Tennessee, Knoxville *| | RoachBrain.com | Twitter: *@Roach_Brain *|