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in London, joining as soon as their rules on membership altered: her membership was proposed in 1904 and she entered the society as a member in 1905. She also assisted her husband in some of the classification of his collection.
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the previous year meant her health had declined. She died, according to the Linnean Society of an "obscure disease" after some months of illness. She is buried with her husband in the graveyard at St Luke's Church in Exeter.
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After the death of her husband in 1900, Sladen was determined that his collection would be available for the public and endowed a new gallery and curatorial position at the
113:(11 August 1848 – 17 January 1906) was an artist, architectural historian, and philanthropist who was one of the first female members of the 133:, and the barrister Yarborough Anderson; she had a younger sister Ellen, who became Lady Granger. She studied at York School of Art, and later in Rome. 802: 392: 171:
Sladen was a notable artist and researcher, who had a keen interest in ecclesiastical architecture and archaeology, as well as natural history.
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Constance Anderson was born on 11 August 1848 in York. Her father was Dr W C Anderson, Sheriff of York; her brothers were the volcanologist
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Sladen was a noted authority on churches and cathedrals in Yorkshire, contributing to major works on the subject, including the section on
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Proceedings of the Linnean Society of London. (One Hundred and Eighteenth Session, 1905‐1906.) 2 November 1905, to 21 June 1906, p.41.
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Thomas, O. (1904). "On the mammals collected by Mr. A. Robert at Chapada, Matto Grosso (Percy Sladen Expedition to central Brazil)".
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After her death, Sladen was described as "a great benefactor of science" by the Linnean Society. She features in the portrait by
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Proceedings of the Linnean Society of London. (One Hundred and Eighteenth Session, 1905‐1906.) 2 November 1905, to 21 June 1906.
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Constance was a talented artist. Her pictures were exhibited in galleries in London and elsewhere. Her portrait was painted by
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Gage, A. T. (1938). A history of the Linnean Society of London: Printed for the Linnean Society by Taylor and Francis, p.90.
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Beolens, B., Watkins, M. and Grayson, M. (2020). The Eponym Dictionary of Birds: Bloomsbury Publishing, p. 516.
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Sladen (sixth from left) depicted in "Linnean Society of London First Formal Admission of Women Fellows" by
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in honour of her financing the expedition by Alphonse Robert which collected the type specimen in 1902. The
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Narrating objects, collecting stories : essays in honour of professor Susan M. Pearce
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Two species are named after Constance Sladen as a result of her philanthropic work. The
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She also wrote on the churches of Louth, Bradford and Halifax, and on
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Transactions of the Linnean Society of London. 2nd Series. Zoology
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Linnean Society of London: First Formal Admission of Women Fellows
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Sladen died at Northbrook Park on 17 January 1906; an attack of
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Royal Albert Memorial Museum & Art Gallery, Exeter
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Henry Tanworth Wells
York
North Yorkshire
Exeter
Devon
Linnean Society of London
Percy Sladen Memorial Trust
Tempest Anderson
Percy Sladen
echinoderms
Challenger expedition

James Sant
Henry Tanworth Wells
York Minster
Selby Abbey
Castle Howard
Linnean Society
Royal Albert Memorial Museum
Exeter
influenza
James Sant
white-bellied woolly mouse opossum
Oldfield Thomas
Fernando Po swift
"Walter Percy Sladen"
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1900Natur..62..256G
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