Harkness, Bruce et al. “Introduction”. The Secret Agent, edited by Bruce Harkness et al., Cambridge University Press, 1990, p. xxiii - xli.
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Connections
| Connections Sort descending | Author name | Excerpt |
|---|---|---|
| Occupation | Agnes Mary Clerke | AMC
's passion for astronomy led to her success and recognition in the field of this predominantly masculine science. Though she was never officially employed as an astronomer, she declined an offer to work for... |
| politics | L. S. Bevington | LSB
's fellow anarchist David Nicoll
argued in The Greenwich Mystery: Letters from the Dead, on the basis of a letter from LSB
, that Martial Bourdin
, the Greenwich Observatory
bomber, had been... |
| politics | L. S. Bevington | In February 15, 1894, French anarchist Martial Bourdin
died after he apparently tried to blow up the Royal Observatory
in Greenwich Park. LSB
likely had insider knowledge of this incident (which formed the basis... |
| Reception | Jane Squire | So far as is known, none of JS
's writing or actions made any impression on the Longitude Commission
ers. The longitude papers (at the Royal Greenwich Observatory
, now located in Cambridge) contain... |
| Textual Production | L. S. Bevington | Six months after the apparent attempt by French anarchist Martial Bourdin
to blow up the GreenwichObservatory
, LSB
wrote to former Commonweal editor David Nicoll
her view that the incident was a police sting... |
Timeline
15 February 1894: French anarchist Martial Bourdin was fatally...
National or international item
15 February 1894
French anarchist Martial Bourdin
was fatally injured in an apparent attempt to destroy the Royal Observatory
in Greenwich Park using a home-made bomb.
Cunningham, Valentine, editor. The Victorians: An Anthology of Poetry and Poetics. Blackwell, 2000.
881
Senaha, Eijun. “A Life of Louisa Sarah Bevington”. The Hokkaido University Annual Report on Cultural Sciences, Vol.
101
, Aug. 2000, pp. 131-49. 141
Oliver, Hermia. The International Anarchist Movement in Late Victorian London. Croom Helm, 1983.
107
Sherry, Norman. Conrad’s Western World. Cambridge University Press, 1971.
242
Quail, John. The Slow Burning Fuse: The Lost History of the British Anarchists. Granada, 1978.
162-8
1972: Margaret Burbidge became the Royal Observatory's...
Building item
1972
Margaret Burbidge
became the Royal Observatory
's director.
“Women’s History Timeline”. BBC: Radio 4: Woman’s Hour.
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