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Self-taught marine biologist, ornithologist
- Annie Letitia Massy (29 January 1868 – 17 April 1931) was a self-taught marine biologist, ornithologist, and an internationally recognised expert on molluscs, in particular cephalopods. She was one of the founders of the Irish Society for the Protection of Birds in 1904.
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Annie Letitia Massy (29 January 1868 – 17 April 1931 [1]) was a self-taught marine biologist, ornithologist, and an internationally recognised expert on molluscs, [2] in particular cephalopods. [3] She was one of the founders of the Irish Society for the Protection of Birds in 1904. [1]
Anna Raymond Massey CBE (11 August 1937 – 3 July 2011) [2] [3] was an English actress. [4] She won a BAFTA Best Actress Award for the role of Edith Hope in the 1986 TV adaptation of Anita Brookner's novel Hotel du Lac, [5] a role that one of her co-stars, Julia McKenzie, has said "could have been written for her". [6]
YearTitleRoleNotes2011Act of Memory: A Christmas StoryOlder Mariashort, (final film role)2010Agatha Christie’s PoirotMiss PebmarshEpisode: "The Clocks"2009Midsomer MurdersBrenda PackardEpisode: "Secrets and Spies"2009WinifredTV series, Episode #3.3Marine biologist and ornithologist Annie Massy was born perhaps a year after Maud Delap. Similarly, she was educated at home where her interest in marine life probably developed during time spent on Velvet strand in north County Dublin, a popular hunting ground for shell collectors.
"Bodies of Knowledge" is a research project, delving into the life and impact of Annie Massey, a distinguished conchologist. The exploration began with a poignant symbol - an empty picture frame inscribed with 'Annie Massy outside her house in Howth.'
Annie Massy was one of Ireland’s great scientists of the late 19th and early 20th century and, like pioneering marine biologist Maude Jane Delap, she was self-taught. She gained international recognition as an expert on molluscs and in particular cephalopods which include fascinating creatures like cuttlefish, squid and octopus.
Massy, Annie Letitia (1868–1931), marine biologist and ornithologist, was born on 29 January 1868 in Netley, Hampshire, England, third among two sons and two daughters of Hugh Deane Massy, a British army surgeon of Stagdale, Co. Limerick, and his wife Annie.
Sep 12, 2023 · ‘Die Cephalopoden’. Annie Massy was an expert in cephalopods (octopus, squid and cuttlefish) and had four named after her (one of which is an Umbrella octopus), and named another nine. Public Domain
