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Textual Production | Margaret Bryan | MB
's surviving letters all have to do with her career in science. In the two about Lectures on Natural Philosophy mentioned above, she sought to increase the circulation of her writings. In one to... |
Reception | Agnes Mary Clerke | AMC
was the fourth woman to be admitted as an honorary member into the Royal Astronomical Society
. Commire, Anne, and Deborah Klezmer, editors. Women in World History: A Biographical Encyclopedia. Yorkin Publications. 832 |
Reception | Caroline Herschel | The Astronomical Society
awarded its gold medal to CH
for her Catalogue of . . . Star-Clusters and Nebulae, which, although unpublished, was accessible to and very highly valued by astronomers. Brock, Claire. The Comet Sweeper: Caroline Herschel’s astronomical ambition. Thriplow. 207 and n91 |
Reception | Caroline Herschel | In old age CH
was loaded with other honours, including honorary membership in the Royal Astronomical Society
, along with Mary Somerville
, in 1835. (Each woman said she felt it a particular honour to... |
Reception | Mary Somerville | On the Connexion of the Physical Sciences generated a particularly positive reception: it boasted an initial printing of two thousand copies; it ran to at least seven editions and many more re-printings, and was soon... |
Reception | Mary Somerville | Mary Somerville
and Caroline Herschel
were awarded honorary memberships by the Royal Astronomical Society
(until recently called the Astronomical Society of London). Phillips, Patricia. The Scientific Lady. Weidenfeld and Nicolson. 115 |
Publishing | Agnes Mary Clerke | AMC
also wrote several smaller works on astronomy, including Modern Cosmogonies (1906) as well as The Herschels and Modern Astronomy (1895), which was published in the Century Science Series. Who Was Who. A. and C. Black. |
Friends, Associates | Mary Somerville | In London the Somervilles enjoyed participating in a rich scientific community: Mary's time there was much happier than during her first marriage. She attended many lectures at the Royal Institution
, and took lessons in... |
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