Louisa Collings
Louisa Elizabeth Collings (née Lukis; 4 June 1818 or 1828 – 24 March 1887) was an amateur lichenologist and natural history collector from the Channel Islands. She was the wife of William Thomas Collings, Seigneur of Sark, and an ancestor of all subsequent seigneurs.
Collection
Collings was born either on 4 June 1818 or in 1828 as the eldest of the three daughters. Her parents were the Channel Islands naturalist, collector and antiquarian Frederick Lukis by his wife and first cousin Elizabeth (née Collings). Due to the early 19th-century views on female education, Collings and her sisters probably did not receive any formal schooling. Her interest in lichens was most likely due to the influence of her father, from whom she probably inherited many of the local specimens; her brother, William Collings Lukis, also shared their father's interests. Collings swapped her specimens with other collectors, including the family friend, Charles du Bois Larbalestier of Jersey, eventually amassing a collection of over 1,300 lichens held in a set of 32 folders and small box files. She also took time in 1862 to compile a list of 150 species of lichens that appear on the island of Guernsey, and presented it to the geologist David T. Ansted, who was working on a book about the Channel Islands.
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Louisa (Quasi-War privateer)
The Louisa was an American merchant ship that gained fame in 1800 while sailing as a privateer out of Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, during Quasi-War with France.
The owners of the Louisa obtained a letter of marque that authorized her captain to act against French merchant shipping during the war. She was armed with twelve six-pound guns and manned by a crew of thirty men (including officers).
In August 1800 she was attacked off Gibraltar by several French privateers that sailed out of Algeciras, in North Africa. Her captain, Thomas Hoggard (Thomas Haggard), was wounded and taken below to his cabin. However, the Louisa fought off the attack, and Hoggard was taken ashore at Gibraltar, where he subsequently died.
The USS Haggard (DD-555) was named in honor of the bravery of the Louisa's captain and crew in the action off of Gibraltar.
Other Louisas
Louisa, Virginia
Louisa (originally named Louisa Court House) is a town in Louisa County, Virginia, United States. The population was 1,401 at the 2000 census. It is the county seat of Louisa County.
History
Bloomington, Boxley Place, the Louisa County Courthouse (Louisa, Virginia), and Louisa High School are listed on the National Register of Historic Places.
Geography
Louisa is located at 38°1′27″N 78°0′6″W / 38.02417°N 78.00167°W (38.024057, -78.001584).
According to the United States Census Bureau, the city has a total area of 1.8 square miles (4.7 km²), of which 1.8 square miles (4.7 km²) is land and 0.55% is water.
Demographics
As of the census of 2000, there were 1,401 people, 584 households, and 331 families residing in the town. The population density was 766.8 people per square mile (295.6/km²). There were 620 housing units at an average density of 339.4 per square mile (130.8/km²). The racial makeup of the town was 66.81% White, 29.48% African American, 0.79% Native American, 0.71% Asian, 0.79% from other races, and 1.43% from two or more races. Hispanic or Latino of any race were 1.43% of the population.
