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Annie Law was born in 1842 in Carlisle, England, the first of three children of John Law.
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Law collected specimens in the mountainous regions of North Carolina and Tennessee. She corresponded with James Lewis, who published a paper describing her finds in the Holston River, and other papers formally describing the species she discovered. Species she discovered include the following, two of which were named in her honor:
Pleurobema oviforme (Conrad, 1834), previously known as Unio lawi Lea, 1871
Vitrizonites latissima, previously known as Vitrina latissima (J Lewis, 1874) on Tusquita Bald Mountain, at an altitude of 6,600 feet (2,000 m).
Zonites acerra (Lewis, 1874)
Zonites cerinoidea various cuspidata (Lewis, 1875)
Zonites lawii.
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January 12, 1889 (aged 47) -
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British-American