Annie Law

For other notable women with similar names, see Annie Bonar Law and Annie Laws.

Annie Law
Born1842 (1842)
Carlisle, England
Died12 January 1889(1889-01-12) (aged 46–47)
Watsonville, California
NationalityBritish-American
Scientific career
FieldsConchology

Annie Elisabeth Law (1842–12 January 1889)[1] was a British-American conchologist, who discovered 11 species and one genus of mollusks, but did not publish formal descriptions of them.[2] She was also a dispatch rider for the Confederate army during the American Civil War and was tried in Knoxville as a confederate informer.[3][4][5]

  1. ^ "Annie Elizabeth Law | Shellers From the Past and Present". www.conchology.be. Retrieved 22 December 2022.
  2. ^ Ogilvie, Marilyn Bailey; Harvey, Joy Dorothy (2000). The Biographical Dictionary of Women in Science: L-Z. Taylor & Francis. ISBN 9780415920407.
  3. ^ William James Clench (1962). "A catalogue of the Viviparidae of North America with notes on the distribution of Viviparus georgianus Lea". Occasional papers on mollusks. 2 (27): 261–287. ISSN 0073-0807. Wikidata Q115798300.
  4. ^ Dykeman, Wilma (1993). Tennessee woman : an infinite variety. Newport, Tenn.: Wakestone Books. p. 47. ISBN 978-1-884450-00-6. OCLC 29866550.
  5. ^ House, Ellen Renshaw (1996). Sutherland, Daniel E. (ed.). A very violent rebel : the Civil War diary of Ellen Renshaw House. Knoxville: University of Tennessee Press. pp. 133, 244. ISBN 0-87049-944-0. OCLC 34190676.