Apalis melanocephala ellinorae van Someren, 1944 (1 Viewer)

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Apalis melanocephala ellinorae van Someren, 1944 OD here

Named in honour of Mrs. G. R. C. van Someren.

The Eponym Dictionary of Birds

Black-headed Apalis ssp. Apalis melanocephala ellinorae van Someren, 1944 NCR [JS Apalis melanocephala nigrodorsalis]
Mrs Ellinor Catherine van Someren née Macdonald (1915–at least 1974) was the wife of the describer, Dr G. R. C. van Someren (b.1913), who worked for the East Africa Research Unit in Kenya. She made an outstanding contribution in the field of medical entomology, having worked in the Medical Research Laboratories, Nairobi (1935–1973). She wrote c.40 scientific papers.

The Key to Scientific Names

Ellinor Catharine Cunningham van Someren née Macdonald (b. 1915) South African medical entomologist, researcher, wife of botanist Dr G. Robert Cunningham van Someren (syn. Apalis melanocephala nigrodorsalis).

Here we can find:

Not to be outdone by her family of naturalists, Ellinor van Someren, Chum’s wife, had devoted herself to the study of mosquitoes. Indeed, Queen Elizabeth II had honored her with the prestigious MBE (Member of the Order of the British Empire) award for her pioneering work.

Maybe it is time to get the date of her death?

 

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And as part of the family his mother, but description by father.

Sarothrura rufa elizabethae van Someren, 1919 OD here

The Key to Scientific Names

Elizabeth van Someren née Cunningham (fl. 1919) wife of ornithologist Dr Victor van Someren (subsp. Sarothrura rufa).

As well life dates?

 

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Maybe it is time to get the date of her death?

https://gazettes.africa/archive/ke/1999/ke-government-gazette-dated-1999-05-28-no-29.pdf

p. 958:

Cause No. 969 of 1999
By (1) Brian Noel Garling Cunningham Van Someren, of P.O. Box 78201, Nairobi and (2) Ian Gurner Cunningham Van Someren, of P.O. Box 24947, Nairobi in Kenya, the deceased’s sons, through K. H. Osmond, advocate of Nairobi, for a grant of letters of administration with written will annexed of the estate of Ellinor Catherine Cunningham Van Someren, late of Karen, Nairobi in Kenya, who died there on 1st September, 1998.

 

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I hope post #2 is not drowned just because Ellinor van Someren was solved.

 

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Victor Gurner van Someren (1887-1976).
Wife Elizabeth Thomson Cunningham (born 1887 in Jedburgh, Roxburghshire, Scotland)

 

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Another one may worth to update The Key to Scientific Names - Birds of the World (as we have at least the birth date of Elizabeth Thomson Cunningham.

 

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She was actually born in 1886 according to her birth certificate in Scotland's People. I have tried and tried but can't find her death.