Averil Lysaght

Averil Margaret Lysaght (14 ga Afrilu 1905 - 21 ga Agusta 1981) ta kasance masanin kimiyyar halittu na New Zealand, masanin tarihin kimiyya kuma mai zane, wanda aka fi sani da aikinta na ilimi a kan Joseph Banks . 

 Rayuwa ta farko 
An haifi Lysaght a Mokoia, Taranaki, New Zealand a ranar 14 ga Afrilu 1905 ga Emily Muriel Lysaght (née Stowe) da Brian Cuthbert Lysaght .  Kakanninta na uwa sune Jane Stowe da Leonard Stowe .  Lokacin da take da shekaru 15 ta gano a Dutsen Taranaki wani asu wanda ba a san shi ba a kimiyya. Wannan nau'in ya bayyana a cikin 1921 ta hanyar masanin ilimin ƙwayoyin cuta G. V. Hudson kuma ya ba shi suna Graphania averilla don girmama ta. 

 Ilimi 
Lysaght da farko ta sami ilimi a gida daga mai kula amma an tura ta makarantar kwana ta 'yan mata ta Chilton House a Wellington lokacin da take da shekaru 12. A cikin 1923 Lysaght ya fara karatu don digiri a Kwalejin Jami'ar Victoria, Wellington .  Yayinda take halartar jami'a, Lysaght ta shiga kungiyar tafiye-tafiye ta Jami'ar Victoria kuma ta tafi yawo tare da John Beaglehole, wanda daga baya ta yi aiki tare a kan ayyukan ilimi. : 73 Yayin da take karatu don digiri na farko Lysaght ta buga takardunta na farko a kan ilimin ƙwayoyin cuta. Ta kammala karatu tare da digiri na farko a fannin kimiyya a 1928 kuma ta sami digiri na biyu a fannin Kimiyya a 1929. Rubutun ta ya kasance a kan ilmin halitta na Eucolaspis, wani nau'in kwari. Daga 1927 zuwa 1929 ta kasance a cikin ma'aikatan sashen ilmin dabbobi na Cibiyar Cawthron kuma daga 1931 zuwa 1932 ta yi aiki da Kwalejin Jami'ar Victoria a matsayin mataimakiyar wucin gadi a ilimin dabbobi.

Bayan wannan Lysaght ta koma Ingila don rayuwa kuma ta ci gaba da karatunta. Lysagh ta shafe shekaru uku tana gudanar da bincike na digiri a Rothamsted Experimental Station a London, bayan haka aka ba ta lambar yabo ta Doctorate daga Jami'ar London a shekarar 1935. [1] ::358 Takardar jarabawarta ta doctorate ta kasance a kan nematode parasites na thrips.

A wannan lokacin Lysaght ya fara horo na fasaha a Makarantar Fasaha ta Nottingham sannan daga baya a Makarantar Art ta St Martins a London.

 Ayyuka 
Daga 1935 zuwa 1938 Lysaght ya yi aiki a dakin gwaje-gwaje na Plymouth na Marine Biological Association na Ingila. Ta kuma yi aiki a Cibiyar Nazarin Kwayoyin Kwayoyin Kwalejin Kwalejin. Tsakanin 1936 da 1943 ta wallafa takardu biyar a cikin parasitology, ciki har da takardu biyu a kan trematode parasites na gastropods. Lysaght daga baya ya sami aiki a matsayin mataimakin edita na sashen ilimin dabbobi na Chambers Encyclopaedia . A lokacin da take can, ko dai a 1947 ko 1948 ta sadu da Norman Boyd Kinnear, mai kula da ilimin dabbobi a Gidan Tarihi na Tarihi na Burtaniya. Kinnear ce ta ba da shawarar ta bincika tsuntsayen tafiye-tafiyen Cook. Ya taimaka mata a wannan yunƙurin ta hanyar samar da sarari don ta yi aiki a Gidan Tarihi na Tarihi na Burtaniya .  : Lysaght ya ci gaba da tsara dukkan zane-zanen tsuntsaye da aka kashe a duk tafiye-tafiyen Cook. Ta kuma yi bincike mai zurfi a kan tarin gidajen tarihi na zane-zane da zane-zane na Sydney Parkinson kuma ta ci gaba da aiki a wannan aikin sama da shekaru ashirin. A sakamakon bincikenta ta yi abubuwa da yawa don taimakawa wajen gano zane-zanen Herman Spöring, mataimakin Bankin. : Wannan ya ƙare a cikin bugawa a 1975 The book of birds: five centuries of bird illustration .

A wannan lokacin Lysaght ya kuma shirya kayan ilimin dabbobi don littafin Hakluyt Society na tafiye-tafiye biyu na farko na Cook. Ta kuma ba John Cawte Beaglehole da yawancin bayanan zoological da botanical don littattafansa game da tafiye-tafiye uku na James Cook. A shekara ta 1957, Lysaght ya wallafa wata kasida da ke nazarin asirin asalin "Cook's Kangaroo", kangaroo na farko da aka kawo Ingila, da kuma batun zanen da George Stubbs ya sake ganowa kwanan nan.

 Manazarta 
Rukuni:Mutuwan 1981
Rukuni:Haifaffun 1905