Constance Sladen

**Constance Sladen** (11 ga Agusta, 1848 17 ga Janairu 1906) ta kasance mai zane, masanin tarihi a fannin gine-gine kuma mai taimakon jama'a wacce ta kasance ɗaya daga cikin mata na farko da suka kafa ƙungiyar Linnean Society of London kuma ta kafa Percy Sladen Memorial Trust don tunawa da mijinta da ya rasu.

## Tarihin Rayuwa
An haifi Constance Anderson a ranar 11 ga Agusta, 1848 a York.   Mahaifinta shine Dr. WC Anderson, Sheriff na York; 'yan'uwanta sune masanin dutsen mai aman wuta Tempest Anderson, da kuma lauya Yarborough Anderson; tana da ƙanwar Ellen, wacce ta zama Lady Granger.  Ta yi karatu a Makarantar Fasaha ta York, daga baya kuma a Rome. 

A shekara ta 1890, ta auri Percy Sladen, wanda ya fito daga wani iyali mai arziki daga Halifax.  Sun fara haɗuwa a kusan shekara ta 1870.  Percy Sladen masanin dabbobi ne kuma yana da sha'awar echinoderms, yana ƙirƙirar tarin abubuwa masu mahimmanci, gami da samfuran balaguron  .  A shekara ta 1898 sun ƙaura zuwa wani gida, Northbrook Park, kusa da Exeter, wanda Percy ya gada.  Lafiyarsa ba ta da kyau kuma ana fatan sabon gidan zai inganta shi, duk da haka ya mutu bayan shekaru biyu kacal a kan tafiya zuwa Florence.  An bayyana aurensu a matsayin "haɗin kai na zuciya da tunani, yana ba da tausayi mai haske wanda ya ƙarfafa shi kuma ya ƙarfafa shi a cikin aikinsa na rayuwa". 

## Abubuwan bincike masu sha'awa

Sladen fitaccen mai fasaha ne kuma mai bincike, wanda yake da sha'awar gine-ginen coci da ilmin kayan tarihi, da kuma tarihin halitta.

### Zane-zane
Constance ƙwararren mai fasaha ce.  An nuna hotunanta a gidajen tarihi a Landan da wasu wurare.  Henry Tanworth Wells ne ya zana hotonta a shekarar 1901. 

### Gine-gine
Sladen ta kasance babbar masaniya kan majami'u da coci-coci a Yorkshire, tana ba da gudummawa ga manyan ayyuka kan wannan batu, ciki har da sashen kan Ministan York a *Cathedrals da Abbeys na Ingila da Wales.*  Ta kuma yi rubutu a kan majami'un Louth, Bradford da Halifax, da kuma kan Selby Abbey .  Ta kuma rubuta gine-ginen Castle Howard . 

### Abubuwan da suka shafi kimiyya
Sladen ta kasance ɗaya daga cikin mata na farko da suka shiga ƙungiyar Linnean Society a Landan, ta shiga da zarar dokokinsu na zama memba sun canza: an gabatar da shawarar zama memba a shekarar 1904 kuma ta shiga ƙungiyar a matsayin memba a shekarar 1905.  Ta kuma taimaka wa mijinta a wasu fannoni na rarraba tarinsa. 

## Taimakon jama'a
Bayan mutuwar mijinta a shekarar 1900, Sladen ta ƙudura aniyar cewa tarin kayansa zai kasance ga jama'a kuma ta ba shi sabon wurin adana kayan tarihi da kuma matsayin mai kula da kayan tarihi a Gidan Tarihi na Royal Albert da ke Exeter .   Ta kuma bai wa Percy Sladen Memorial Trust a shekarar 1904 don samar da kuɗaɗen aikin gona ga masana ilmin halittu da masana ilimin ƙasa a faɗin duniya. 

Sladen ta mutu a Northbrook Park a ranar 17 ga Janairu 1906; wani harin mura a shekarar da ta gabata ya sa lafiyarta ta ragu.  Ta mutu, a cewar ƙungiyar Linnean Society game da wata "cuta mai ɓoye" bayan wasu watanni na rashin lafiya.  An binne ta tare da mijinta a makabartar cocin St Luke da ke Exeter. 

## Gado
Bayan rasuwarta, ƙungiyar Linnean Society ta bayyana Sladen a matsayin "mai taimako ga kimiyya". Ta bayyana a cikin hoton James Sant wanda ke nuna ƙungiyar Linnean Society of London: First Formal Admission of Women Fellows, wanda aka zana a 1906. Ita ce mace mai tsaye a tsakiya-hagu a cikin hoton.

### Kalmomin Ma'ana
An sanya wa nau'ikan halittu guda biyu suna bayan Constance Sladen sakamakon aikinta na taimakon jama'a. Oldfield Thomas ya sanya wa nau'in bera mai farin ciki opossum ( *Marmosa constantiae* ) suna don girmama Alphonse Robert wanda ya tattara samfurin nau'in a shekarar 1902.    An kuma sanya wa nau'in tsuntsu Fernando Po swift ( *Apus sladeniae* ), wanda aka fi sani da Sladen, wanda ya ba da tallafin kuɗi don gano shi. 

## Manazarta