Lydia Suckling

Lydia Annie Suckling (later Hickmott; 3 January 1890 – 10 March 1979) was a New Zealand botanist.

Suckling was born on 3 January 1890 in Christchurch, to parents Evelyn and Walter, and attended Richmond Primary School and Christchurch Girls' High School. In 1907, Suckling was a Senior National and Gammack Scholar.[1][2] She obtained a BA in 1911, and in 1912 achieved Second Class Honours in botany from Canterbury University College.[3][1]

Her Masters' thesis was on plant ecology of the forests on the Port Hills, and she published a paper from this work in 1913.[4] In her paper, she thanks Leonard Cockayne for his assistance.

Suckling was employed as a student assistant at Canterbury University College in 1910, and then taught at Napier Girls' High School from 1912 to 1915. She worked at Auckland Girls' Grammar School 1916–17.

On 8 May 1918 Suckling married Ewin John Bramwell Hickmott and had two sons.[3] Hickmott was a fruit-grower who later became the "biggest breeder and producer of pigs in the South Island".[5][6] Suckling died on 10 March 1979.[7][8]

In 2017, Suckling was selected as one the Royal Society of New Zealand's "150 women in 150 words".[9]

Publications
  • "Leaf-anatomy of Trees and Shrubs on the Port Hills" (1913) Transactions and Proceedings of the New Zealand Institute

References
  1. Thomson, A.D. (2000). "Some pioneer women graduates in botany from Canterbury University College" (PDF). Journal of the Canterbury Botanical Society. 34: 54–63.
  2. "North Canterbury Education Board". The Press. 12 March 1908. Retrieved 6 October 2019.
  3. James Hight; Alice M. F. Candy (1927), A short history of the Canterbury College (University of New Zealand) ; with a register of graduates and associates of the college, Whitcombe and Tombs Limited, Wikidata Q105152203
  4. "Transactions and Proceedings of the New Zealand Institute For The Year 1913 [electronic resource]". rsnz.natlib.govt.nz. Retrieved 2019-10-07.
  5. "Called for Service". paperspast.natlib.govt.nz. 19 September 1917. Retrieved 2021-01-31.
  6. "Armed Forces Appeals". paperspast.natlib.govt.nz. 26 May 1943. Retrieved 2021-01-31.
  7. "ATL: Unpublished Collections". tiaki.natlib.govt.nz. Retrieved 2019-10-07.
  8. Death certificate 1979/27648 available from Department of Internal Affairs.
  9. "Lydia Suckling". Royal Society Te Apārangi. Retrieved 2019-10-07.
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