Lydia Suckling

Lydia Annie Suckling (later Hickmott; 3 January 1890 – 10 March 1979) was a New Zealand botanist.

Early life and education Suckling was born on 3 January 1890 in Christchurch, to parents Evelyn and Walter, and attended Richmond Primary School and Christchurch Girls' High School. In 1907, Suckling was a Senior National and Gammack Scholar. She obtained a BA in 1911, and in 1912 achieved Second Class Honours in botany from Canterbury University College. The paper was communicated on Suckling's behalf by zoologist Charles Chilton, who was the Chair of Biology at the college at the time. Hickmott was a fruit-grower who later became the "biggest breeder and producer of pigs in the South Island". Suckling died on 10 March 1979.

Recognition In 2017, Suckling was selected to be profiled as one of the Royal Society Te Apārangi's "150 women in 150 words" project.

Publications "Leaf-anatomy of Trees and Shrubs on the Port Hills" (1913) Transactions and Proceedings of the New Zealand Institute