Patricia Cockburn

Patricia Cockburn (1914–1989) was an Irish writer, traveler, conchologist, and artist best known for her journalism and her later artistic career creating shell pictures[2][3]. She was born Patricia Evangeline Anne Arbuthnot on 17 March 1914 in Rosscarbery, County Cork, and authored works including The Years of the Week (1968) and Figure of Eight (1985)[1][3][4].