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Meet Sam Thomas, author or the Midwife\u27s Tale: A Mystery
No full textIt\u27s 1644, and Parliament\u27s armies have risen against the King and laid siege to the city of York. Even as the city suffers at the rebels\u27 hands, midwife Bridget Hodgson becomes embroiled in a different sort of rebellion. One of Bridget\u27s friends, Esther Cooper, has been convicted of murdering her husband. Convinced that her friend is innocent, Bridget sets out to find the real killer.
About the author: Sam Thomas teaches history at University School, an independent day school outside Cleveland, Ohio. Before coming to United States he taught at the college level for seven years, and received research grants from the National Endowment for the Humanities, the Newberry Library, and the British Academy. The presentation will be followed by a question-and-answer session and book signing.
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Lecanodiaspis zygophylli Hodgson 1973
No full textLecanodiaspis zygophylli Hodgson, 1973 Material studied: NIGERIA, Zaria, Ahmadu Bello University, on Terminalia catappa (Combretaceae), Oct. 1986, C.J. Hodgson, 1 adult ♀. Comments: Lecanodiaspis zygophylli was originally described from Mauritania, collected on twigs of Zygophyllum waterlotii (Zygophyllaceae) (Hodgson 1973). It is very close to L. africana Newstead but differs in a number of rather subtle characters (contrasting condition in L. africana in brackets), perhaps the most obvious being that L. zygophylli has cribriform plates in four rows (in 2 rows) and the 8-shaped pores on the dorsum are of two sizes distributed in a specific pattern (only one size, more or less randomly distributed). Whilst visiting Nigeria in 1986, the author collected a further specimen of Lecanodiaspis on Terminalia. Whilst this specimen is considered to be L. zygophylli, it differs in a few possibly important characters from the original description, namely (characterstate on original type material in brackets): (i) antennae 7 segmented, although segment IV on one antenna shows slight pseudo-articulation (antennae 8 segmented); (ii) fusion of leg segments even greater than in type material; (iii) claw very reduced, more or less to just a point or even less (claw reasonably normal, with a small denticle); (iv) multilocular disc-pores rapidly decreasing in number anteriorly, with very few in thorax and head (multilocular discpores remaining fairly abundant in thorax and with 1 near each antennal base); (v) ventral setae very few, with none anterior to abdominal segment II (ventral setae scarce but, for instance, inter-antennal setae present); (vi) marginal setae very scarce or absent, almost entirely restricted to near anal lobes (with 6-12 marginal setae on each side); and (vii) with 0 or 1 cribriform plate in each outer 2 rows (3 pores in each outer row). Despite these differences, the general layout and dimensions of the rest of the structures, particularly the distribution of the 8-shaped pores on the dorsum, are almost identical.Published as part of Hodgson, Chris J., 2021, New genera, new species and new combinations for some African Coccomorpha (Hemiptera: Sternorrhyncha), pp. 57-80 in Zootaxa 5020 (1) on page 78, DOI: 10.11646/zootaxa.5020.1.3, http://zenodo.org/record/522296
Samuel Hodgson in Suit
No full textMan, believed to be Samuel Hodgson, standing in a yard wearing a suit. Inscription on back, "love from Sam
Helen Hodgson
No full textPhotograph - Helen Hodgson and a girl in front of Alice and Cliff Donahue's house, Athabasca, Albert
Public engagement and climate change: exploring the role of hairdressers as everyday influencers
No full textPublic engagement has a key role in the social transformations needed to address climate change, one form of which is climate conversations. This research focuses on a widespread and conversational space-hair salons. It engaged with sustainable salons across the United Kingdom and Republic of Ireland to explore these conversations in two studies. Thirty salon owners/directors were interviewed about hairdressers' engagement with clients about climate change and sustainability and an intervention was conducted with 25 salons using eco-tips on mirrors ('Mirror Talkers') to prompt sustainable hair care conversations. The results show that hairdressers are already public engagement experts, able to 'read' clients and maintain trusting relationships. Climate and sustainability conversations are happening in sustainable salons and impacting clients' mindset and behaviour, with the intervention viewed positively. This paper argues that hairdressers are a prime example of 'everyday influencers' on climate change, but their potential has not been fully realised
Black womanism in South Africa: Princess Emma Sandile
No full textJanet Hodgson tells the inspiring story of Emma Sandile (1842-1892)- Princess Emma, as she was known in southern African colonial circles' in a narrative that reads like a novel, but is all true, based on archival sources and extensive fieldwork. Tracing the life of this pioneer of black womanism, Hodgson explores Sandile's early years, her education, and her many achievements as she became the first black woman landowner in Southern Africa and author of the first known work in English by an Xhosa woman. Princess Emma successfully bridged her African traditions with the imposed Western culture, facing challenges that will resonate with readers today.
Xenolecanium pendleburyi Hodgson 2022, sp. nov.
No full textXenolecanium pendleburyi Hodgson sp. nov. Material examined. Two slides: 1. Holotype + 7 paratype adff (here designated): top label with two lines of Japanese characters [ロẏ±/+ = Ronbonoki; Īẏ=ẏfi Ḣ = Tenninka-Ka]; bottom label: Xenolecanium / pendleburyi / Takahashi / Takahashi / 25.v.1944 / Singapore / R. Takahashi (holotype adf + 7 paratype adff in fairly-good condition; NHM). In addition, with a small white label: Brit. Mus./1955-812, and a small round Type label. Two further labels are stuck on the back: left label with a map showing position of holotype specimen; right label: Xenolecanium / pendleburyi / Hodgson / holotype / + paratypes. 2. Paratypes (here designated): top label:Pres. By /Com.Inst.Ent./B.M. 1963-789; bottom label: Xenolecanium / pendleburyi / Takahashi / 25.v.1944 / Singapore / R. Takahashi (19 paratype adff (mainly fair but a bit distorted; NHM). Two further labels stuck on the back: left label: clean, without writing; right label: Xenolecanium / pendleburyi / Hodgson / paratypes. Note: Regarding the Japanese text, the meaning of Ronbonoki is uncertain, but “Tenninka-Ka” is an old name for Hutomomo-Ka, which refers to the Myrtaceae. In addition, the Tenninka might be translated as genus Rhodomyrtus (Myrtaceae). Both slides have numerous small 1-3 µm-wide globules throughout, making distinction of the various micropores from the globules more or less impossible. Most of the specimens contain well-developed nymphs. Adult female (Fig. 3). Described mainly from holotype specimen but data also taken from several other paratype specimens on the holotype slide. Slide-mounted material. Body oval, 2.4–2.75 mm long, 1.7–1.8 mm wide. Stigmatic clefts obviously indented; anal cleft about 1/5 total body length; cleft probably fused. Dorsum. Derm membranous when young, becoming more sclerotized with maturity; with a strongly sclerotized area around anterior margin of anal plates; and with strongly sclerotized inner margins to each stigmatic cleft. Derm with numerous circular to slightly oval sclerotized areas, of more-or-less 2 sizes: those near the margin and on either side of anal plates more oval, each about 10–18 µm wide; larger sclerotized areas each with outer margin about 30-60 µm wide with a paler, clearer area medially 15–25 µm wide (not always visible); sclerotized areas spread fairly sparsely throughout dorsum but absent from a fairly broad area medially anterior to anal plates and where smaller type present. Dorsal setae short, setose, often bent, each 3–4 µm long, only slightly longer than width of setal socket; frequent throughout except submedially. Preopercular pores small, each about 3 µm wide; rather sparse in fairly narrow submedial bands, extending from anal plates to anterior to cribriform plate. Other dorsal pores of possibly 2 types present (the presence of small globules in the balsam make identification very difficult): (i) dorsal simple pores, and (ii) dorsal microducts (as these are present on all other known species of Xenolecanium, they are likely to be present). In addition, a cribriform plate, beehive shaped with sclerotized pores, present medially, moreor-less dorsad to mouthparts, with pores rather loosely arranged, each pore strongly sclerotized, closed and about 5.0–8.0 μm wide. Dorsal tubular ducts, dorsal tubercles and pocket-like sclerotizations absent. Anal plates together pyriform, widest about 2/3rds down length; length 135–170 μm, combined width 150–175 μm long; anterior margin slightly convex and each plate more or less pointed at posterior end; each plate with 4 strong setae: 2 just in from inner margin, plus 1 strong, rather stout seta on each apex (35–50 μm long) and 1 stoutish seta near apex on posterior margin; also with 0–2 small pores. Anogenital fold not very clear but appearing to have ventral margin displaced posteriorly to almost level with anal plate apex. Anal ring rather small; number of setae uncertain. Eyespot not detected. Margin not crenulated. Marginal setae all stoutly setose; each 15–25 μm long, with about 35 or 36 setae between anterior stigmatic clefts, 12–17 setae on each side between stigmatic areas, and 28–55 setae on each side of abdomen. Stigmatic clefts deep (about 80–85 μm deep), each narrow near margin but broadening inwardly, with a strongly sclerotized curved bar around inner margin; number of stigmatic setae very variable: 1–3 (but most commonly 2), each 8–17 μm long; each seta parallel sided with a very blunt apex. Venter. Derm entirely membranous. Multilocular disc-pores absent. Spiracular disc-pores, each 3-4 μm wide, mainly each with 5 loculi, present in broad bands between margin and each spiracle, frequency uncertain but few, maybe 10 in each band (all stigmatic grooves full of fluffy wax), with none apparently extending over spiracles but with a small group of perhaps 3–6 disc-pores on each side of each stigmatic cleft, often hidden by the cleft sclerotization. Ventral microducts minute, each perhaps 0.7 μm wide, sparse but possibly present throughout. Ventral tubular ducts represented by only 1 or no ducts on either side of posterior margin of anal apparatus on abdominal segment VI, each with an outer ductule about 16 μm long, but inner ductule absent or indistinct (these could only be found on about 1 in 5 specimens). Preantennal pores absent. Ventral setae frequent, most abundant in a broad submarginal band and possibly absent medially on thorax and head; pairs of long setae medially on segment VII present or absent but with bands of shorter setae across more anterior abdominal segments; inter-antennal setae not noted; without a group of setae beneath apex of each anal plate as in other species above. Antennae very reduced, with segmentation indistinct, but perhaps with 4 or 5 ring-like segments; total length about 30 μm. Clypeolabral shield 175–190 μm long. Spiracles well developed, width of peritremes: anterior 45–50 μm, posterior 50–58 μm. Legs very reduced, with segmentation very indistinct, each leg about 16–25 μm long; claw minute; all digitules extremely hard to distinguish but present, probably all setose. Etymology. It is thought that this species was originally named by Takahashi after Henry Maurice Pendlebury. H.M. Pendlebury was born in 1893 in the U.K. and died in 1945 in Bangalore, South India, while en route by air from a Prisoner-of-War camp in Singapore to England. He was an entomologist interested in predatory butterfly larvae and ant-tended caterpillars and was co-author (with A.S. Corbet) of The Butterflies of the Malay Peninsula, first published in 1933, which has since been revised and republished. He was author or co-author of nine Lepidopteran taxa. Comments. The only other species of Xenolecanium with marginal setae that are neither fimbriate nor paddlelike is X. maritimum, described above. Xenolecanium pendleburyi differs from it in having spiracular disc-pores along the margins of each stigmatic cleft. In addition, it differs from X. maritimum and other Xenolecanium species in having the following combination of characters: (i) finely spinose marginal setae; (ii) cribriform plate dorsad to mouthparts composed of a loose group of sclerotized pores not forming an obvious plate; (iii) ventral tubular ducts either absent or extremely few on either side of vulva; (iv) large oval sclerotized areas much larger and fewer than on other species; (v) margin not crenulated, and (vi) apical seta on each anal plate strong and spinose.Published as part of Hodgson, Chris J., 2022, Three new species of the genus Xenolecanium Takahasi (Hemiptera: Coccomorpha: Coccidae), with an updated generic diagnosis and key to species, pp. 457-466 in Zootaxa 5222 (5) on pages 463-465, DOI: 10.11646/zootaxa.5222.5.4, http://zenodo.org/record/747190
Francis Hodgson
No full textNewfotoscapes seeks to navigate the the evolving topography surrounding the image in the twenty-first century; offering a focused eye on the contemporary creative author-curator and image-maker and on the possibilities afforded by an increasingly complex professional landscape. Newfotoscapes is a collection of curated texts arising form a series of in-depth conversations with key stakeholders in, and influential commentators on, photography. Perspectives and views cover a wide range of topics such as : agencies, appropriation, archives, community, curation, governance, licensing, mobile, networked-image, open education, photobooks, power and value
Austrosignum Hodgson
No full textAustrosignum Hodgson Austrosignum Hodgson, 1910: 65. Type species. Austrosignum glaciale Hodgson, 1910. —Subsequent designation. Species included. A. escandellae Castelló, 2004, A. glaciale Hodgson, 1910. Diagnosis. Head front margin evenly convex. Pereonites dorsally smooth or with low transverse ridges. Pleotelson lateral margins smooth. Eyestalk length at least twice greatest width. Antennula article 1 at most as long as eyestalk. Mandible palp absent. Pereopod I carpus triangular, with 2 straight robust setae on posterior margin and one smaller, straight robust setae more distally, with rectangular, ciliated spine on margin between main robust setae; propodus with simple setae only. Pereopod II carpus and propodus posterior margin with a few short robust setae. Uropod endopod acutely pointed, curving medially. Note on type species. Hodgson (1910) did not fix a type species for his new genus Austrosignum. He described the two new species A. grande and A. glaciale in that sequence. Menzies (1962: 50) was the first author to fix a type species for Austrosignum Hodgson by designating A. glaciale as the type species of the genus. Although he thereby violated ICZN Recommendation 69 B (11, “position precedence”), Menzies’ designation is valid according to ICZN Article 69 (a) (iv). Subsequent statements by several authors that A. grande is the type species of Austrosignum are therefore incorrect. We agree with Kussakin (1982) that Austrosignum glaciale and A. grande are synonymous, but under the former name rather than the latter as proposed by Kussakin. Remarks. Austrosignum differs from Munnogonium as follows (characters of the latter in brackets): antennula article 1 not reaching apex of elongate eyestalks (much longer than vestigial eyestalks), pereopod I carpus posterior margin with 2 robust setae plus 1 small robust seta more distally (with 3 equal sized robust setae); pereopod II carpus and propodus posterior margin with short, stout robust setae (elongate, thin robust setae), uropod endopod acutely pointed, curving medially (straight, rounded truncate), female operculum ovoid (distal part tapering with concave distolateral margins). Austrosignum is more similar to Cryosignum gen. nov. (below), but differs as follows: mandible palp absent (present in Cryosignum), pereopod I carpus triangular with 2 long and 1 short robust setae posteriorly (oval with 2 robust setae), uropod endopod acutely pointed, curving medially (straight, rounded truncate), terminal male enlarged pereonite 1 with broadly rounded anterior margin, not fused to coxa (strongly and acutely forward projecting, coxa fused to pereonite), terminal male head freely articulating with pereonite 1 (fused to pereonite 1). The third smaller carpal seta is removed from the posterior margin and inserted on the medial face. In A. glaciale, this seta is easily seen in lateral view, but we have examined undescribed species of Austrosignum, in some of which the seta is inserted medially just behind the most distal of the normal 2 robust setae. In that position, the third seta can be difficult to observe in lateral view. The third robust seta has not been reported from A. escandellae. If not found after reviewing the species, we are uncertain if A. escandellae should be retained in Austrosignum.Published as part of Just, Jean & Wilson, George D. F., 2007, Revision of Austrosignum Hodgson and Munnogonium George & Strömberg (Paramunnidae) with descriptions of eight new genera and two new species, (Crustacea: Isopoda: Asellota), pp. 1-29 in Zootaxa 1515 on pages 8-9, DOI: 10.5281/zenodo.17729
Quartets, flute, violin, viola, cello (Hodgson)
No full textEngraved: "Engrav'd by P. Hodgson, Maiden Lane, Covent Garden." --- For flute, violin, viola, violoncello, and 2 horns. --- Manuscript notations: "Hampden", on upper right corner of each title page; part designation at head of each title page (excepting flute part); Roman numerals "VI", "VII", "VIII", and "XXI" on title pages of violoncello, viola, flute, and violin parts, respectively; at foot flute, and violin parts, an apparent name and addess (previous owner?), partially trimmed in binding; at foot of flute parts, p. 1. "Adam Kroll" (possibly signature of the author?
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