Catherine C. Hopley photograph
Title |
Catherine C. Hopley photograph |
Subject |
Hopley, Catherine Cooper, 1817-1911 Scientists Authors Women Snakes |
Time Period |
1880s 1890s |
Place |
London (England) |
Description |
Photograph of Catherine Cooper Hopley (1817-1911) of England, seated and talking with an unidentified man. Catherine was the elder sister of John P. Hopley of Bucyrus, Ohio, and this and other portraits are included in the Hopley Family Photographs Collection. Catherine authored one of the first popular books on snakes, titled "Snakes: Curiosities and Wonders of Serpent Life" in 1882. She made a number of other important contributions to the study of herpetology and did fieldwork on snake populations in Ohio. Hopley authored a variety of other texts, including "Sketches of the Ophidians" (1873), "Life in the South" (1863), and "Adventures in the Wilds of the West" (1872). |
Date of Original |
ca.1880-1900 |
Collection |
John P. Hopley Family Audiovisual Collection |
Source |
P 156; Box 1, Folder 12 |
Format |
Picture Black-and-white photographs |
Extent |
8.6 x 11.1 cm |
Submitting Institution |
Ohio History Connection |
Rights |
Online access is provided for research purposes only. For rights and reproduction requests or more information, go to http://www.ohiohistory.org/images/information |
Type |
StillImage |
File Name |
P156_B01F12_006.tif |
Image Height |
2612 |
Image Width |
2034 |
File Size |
15950820 Bytes |
Date created |
2014-03-01 |
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