Elizabeth Catherine Thomas Carne
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Elizabeth Catherine Thomas Carne (1817–1873), author, fifth daughter of Joseph Carne
, F.R.S., was born at Rivière House, in the parish of Phillack
, Cornwall
, United Kingdom
, on 16 Dec. 1817, and baptised in Phillack church on 15 May 1820.
on 2 Feb. 1876, founded schools at Wesley Rock, Carfury
, and Bosullow, three thinly populated districts in the neighbourhood of Penzance, and built a museum in which to exhibit to the public a fine collection of minerals which she had inherited from her parent.
:’ ‘Cliff Boulders and the Former Condition of the Land and Sea in the Land's End district,’ ‘The Age of the Maritime Alps surrounding Mentone,’ ‘On the Transition and Metamorphosis of Rocks,’ and ‘On the Nature of the Forces that have acted on the Formation of the Land's End Granite.’ She was also, unusually for a woman at that time, elected a member of the RGSC.
Many articles were contributed by her to the ‘London Quarterly Review
,’ and she was the author of several books.
Joseph Carne
Joseph Carne was a British geologist and industrialist.-Early life:Carne was born at Truro, Cornwall, United Kingdom, the eldest son of William Carne, a banker, and was educated at the Wesleyan school, Keynsham, near Bristol. His younger brother was John Carne...
, F.R.S., was born at Rivière House, in the parish of Phillack
Phillack
Phillack is a village in west Cornwall, United Kingdom. It is situated approximately one mile northeast of Hayle and half-a-mile inland from St Ives Bay on Cornwall's Atlantic coast...
, Cornwall
Cornwall
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, United Kingdom
United Kingdom
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, on 16 Dec. 1817, and baptised in Phillack church on 15 May 1820.
Charitable works
On her father's death in 1858, having come into an ample fortune, she spent considerable sums in charitable purposes, gave the site for the Elizabeth or St. Paul's schools which were opened at PenzancePenzance
Penzance is a town, civil parish, and port in Cornwall, England, in the United Kingdom. It is the most westerly major town in Cornwall and is approximately 75 miles west of Plymouth and 300 miles west-southwest of London...
on 2 Feb. 1876, founded schools at Wesley Rock, Carfury
Carfury
Carfury is a hamlet in west Cornwall, United Kingdom. It is situated in Penwith approximately three miles northwest of Penzance.The 19th-century geologist Elizabeth Carne founded a school in Carfury....
, and Bosullow, three thinly populated districts in the neighbourhood of Penzance, and built a museum in which to exhibit to the public a fine collection of minerals which she had inherited from her parent.
Geologist and author
She was the head of the Penzance bank from 1858 to her decease. She inherited her father's love of geology, and wrote four papers in the ‘Transactions of the Royal Geological Society of CornwallRoyal Geological Society of Cornwall
The Royal Geological Society of Cornwall is a geological society based in Cornwall in the United Kingdom. It was founded in 1814 to promote the study of the geology of Cornwall, and is the second oldest geological society in the world....
:’ ‘Cliff Boulders and the Former Condition of the Land and Sea in the Land's End district,’ ‘The Age of the Maritime Alps surrounding Mentone,’ ‘On the Transition and Metamorphosis of Rocks,’ and ‘On the Nature of the Forces that have acted on the Formation of the Land's End Granite.’ She was also, unusually for a woman at that time, elected a member of the RGSC.
Many articles were contributed by her to the ‘London Quarterly Review
Quarterly Review
The Quarterly Review was a literary and political periodical founded in March 1809 by the well known London publishing house John Murray. It ceased publication in 1967.-Early years:...
,’ and she was the author of several books.
Death
She died at Penzance on 7 Sept. 1873, and was buried at Phillack on 12 Sept. Her funeral sermon was preached in St. Mary's Church, Penzance, by the Rev. Prebendary Hedgeland on 14 Sept.Works
She was the author of:- ‘Three Months' Rest at Pau in the Winter and Spring of 1859,’ brought out with the pseudonym of John Altrayd Wittitterly in 1860.
- ‘Country Towns and the place they fill in Modern Civilisation,’ 1868.
- ‘England's Three Wants,’ an anonymous book, 1871.
- ‘The Realm of Truth,’ 1873.