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Kathleen Haddon (1888-1961) was a zoologist, photographer, and scholar of string-figures. She was the daughter of influential British anthropologist and ethnologist A. C. Haddon.

Personal Life

Haddon was one of three children. Her brother Ernst Balfour Haddon (1882-1980) and a sister. She travelled with her father, A.C. Haddon as his assistant and photographer on his expedition to Papua in 1914. In 1917 Haddon married Oswald H. T. Rishbeth, Professor of Geography, University College, Southampton. They had two children, Margaret and Henry.

Career

Studied at Newnham College, Cambridge but having completed her Zoology degree in 1911 she was not granted it until 1948. Cambridge University did not honor women with their degrees until 1948. Before her retirement in 1953 she worked as a librarian in the Haddon Library.

Bibliography

• (1901/2010). Cat's Cradles from Many Lands. ISBN 978-1-177-39789-6.
• (1930/1979). Artists in String. ISBN 978-0-404-14127-1.
• (1942/2006). String Games for Beginners. ISBN 978-1-4067-9633-9.
• (1974). Instant String Games. ISBN 978-0-85179-640-6.

Sources

Category:British zoologists Category:British photographers Category:String figures Category:Women photographers Category:Women zoologists Category:1961 deaths Category:1888 births