Vera Larminie

Vera Larminie
Born20 or 23 June 1881
Sheffield, U.K.
Died12 June 1964 (aged 82)
Hastings, U.K.
Occupation(s)Secretary
Poet
Scientific card indexer
Scientific career
InstitutionsSociety for Psychical Research
British Museum (Natural History)

Vera Larminie (1881–1964) was one of the earliest women to be admitted as a Member of the Royal Geographical Society, in 1913.[1][2] Larminie was also known for a volume of poetry she wrote with her sister, the novelist and Badminton champion Margaret Tragett. In the early 1900s Larminie worked at the Society for Psychical Research.[3][4] In her later life Larminie worked as a scientific card indexer at the British Museum (Natural History).[5]

  1. ^ "Meetings of the Royal Geographical Society, Session 1913-1914". The Geographical Journal. 43 (1): 99. January 1914. JSTOR 1778833 – via JSTOR.
  2. ^ Bell, Morag; McEwan, Cheryl (November 1996). "The Admission of Women Fellows to the Royal Geographical Society, 1892-1914; the Controversy and the Outcome". The Geographical Journal. 162 (3): 295-312 [Larminie listed on p. 311]. Bibcode:1996GeogJ.162..295B. doi:10.2307/3059652. JSTOR 3059652 – via JSTOR.
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  4. ^ Thomas, Northcote W (1905). A Critical and Historical Review of the Evidence for Telepathy, with a Record of New Experiments 1902-1903. London: Alexander Moring Limited: The De La More Press. pp. 158, 164, 169, 210 – via Internet Archive.
  5. ^ "1939 England and Wales Register for Vera Lacminie [=Vera Larminie. The birth date on the register was altered from 23 to 20 in pencil.]". ancestry.co.uk.