To make her new system more accessible (she hoped to have it taught by astronomy teachers at the Greenwich Naval Academy
or Christ's Hospital
) she invented new names for the stars (which would, logically...
Wealth and Poverty
Anna Williams
AW
applied for the ten-pound annual support offered to blind people by a charity that was newly set up by William Hetherington
and administered through Christ's Hospital
. Her application was unsuccessful.
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