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Caroline Lucretia Herschel MP (1750 - 1848)

Biographical Summary == Caroline Lucretia Herschel (16 March 1750 – 9 January 1848) was a German-British astronomer and the sister of astronomer Sir William Herschel with whom she worked throughout bot...

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Caroline Lucretia Herschel MP (1750 - 1848)

Biographical Summary == Caroline Lucretia Herschel (16 March 1750 – 9 January 1848) was a German-British astronomer and the sister of astronomer Sir William Herschel with whom she worked throughout bot...

5/27/2023

Mary Ward MP (1827 - 1869)

Mary Ward (née King ; 27 April 1827 – 31 August 1869) was an Irish naturalist, astronomer, microscopist, author, and artist. She was killed when she fell under the wheels of an experimental steam ca...

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Mary Ward MP (1827 - 1869)

Mary Ward (née King ; 27 April 1827 – 31 August 1869) was an Irish naturalist, astronomer, microscopist, author, and artist. She was killed when she fell under the wheels of an experimental steam ca...

5/27/2022

Maria Margaretha Kirch (1670 - 1720)

Maria Margaretha Kirch, born Angle man (* 25. February 1670 in Panitzsch Leipzig; † 29. December 1720 in Berlin) was a German Astronomin.Maria Margaretha angle man was the youngest of three daughters o...

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Maria Margaretha Kirch (1670 - 1720)

Maria Margaretha Kirch, born Angle man (* 25. February 1670 in Panitzsch Leipzig; † 29. December 1720 in Berlin) was a German Astronomin.Maria Margaretha angle man was the youngest of three daughters o...

11/13/2021

, Poems and Fancies, London: printed by T.R. for J. Martin and J. Allestrye.1653, Philosophicall Fancies, London: Printed by Tho. Roycroft for J. Martin and J. Allestrye.1655, The World's Olio, London:...

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, Poems and Fancies, London: printed by T.R. for J. Martin and J. Allestrye.1653, Philosophicall Fancies, London: Printed by Tho. Roycroft for J. Martin and J. Allestrye.1655, The World's Olio, London:...

11/13/2021

Hypatia of Alexandria MP (c.360 - 415)

Hypatia Bio Hypatia ( /haɪˈpeɪʃə/; Greek: Ὑπατία, Hypatía; born between 350 CE and 370 CE; died March 415) was a Greek scholar from Alexandria, Egypt, considered the first notable woman in mathematics ...

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Hypatia of Alexandria MP (c.360 - 415)

Hypatia Bio Hypatia ( /haɪˈpeɪʃə/; Greek: Ὑπατία, Hypatía; born between 350 CE and 370 CE; died March 415) was a Greek scholar from Alexandria, Egypt, considered the first notable woman in mathematics ...

11/13/2021

Princess Agamede (c. twelfth century BCE) was, according to Homer, a Greek physician acquainted with the healing powers of all the plants that grow upon the earth. She was born in Elis, a princess as t...

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Princess Agamede (c. twelfth century BCE) was, according to Homer, a Greek physician acquainted with the healing powers of all the plants that grow upon the earth. She was born in Elis, a princess as t...

11/13/2021

Dr Helen Battles Hogg MP (1905 - 1993)

Battles Sawyer Hogg, CC (1 August 1905 – 28 January 1993) was a prolific astronomer noted for her research into globular clusters. She is best remembered for her astronomy column, which ran from 1951 u...

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Dr Helen Battles Hogg MP (1905 - 1993)

Battles Sawyer Hogg, CC (1 August 1905 – 28 January 1993) was a prolific astronomer noted for her research into globular clusters. She is best remembered for her astronomy column, which ran from 1951 u...

11/13/2021

Maria Goeppert Mayer (June 28, 1906 – February 20, 1972) was a German-born American theoretical physicist, and Nobel laureate in Physics for proposing the nuclear shell model of the atomic nucleus. She...

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Maria Goeppert Mayer (June 28, 1906 – February 20, 1972) was a German-born American theoretical physicist, and Nobel laureate in Physics for proposing the nuclear shell model of the atomic nucleus. She...

11/13/2021

Shafrira Goldwasser MP

"Shafi"

Shafrira "Shafi" Goldwasser (Hebrew: שפרירה גולדווסר‎) is an American-Israeli computer scientist and winner of the Turing Award in 2012. She is the RSA Professor of Electrical Engineering and Computer ...

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Shafrira Goldwasser MP

"Shafi"

Shafrira "Shafi" Goldwasser (Hebrew: שפרירה גולדווסר‎) is an American-Israeli computer scientist and winner of the Turing Award in 2012. She is the RSA Professor of Electrical Engineering and Computer ...

11/13/2021

Paula Walensky is an American physician-scientist who is the chief of the Division of Infectious Diseases at Massachusetts General Hospital and a professor of medicine at Harvard Medical School. Walens...

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Paula Walensky is an American physician-scientist who is the chief of the Division of Infectious Diseases at Massachusetts General Hospital and a professor of medicine at Harvard Medical School. Walens...

12/15/2020

Dr Martha Cowles Epstein (1927 - 2003)

In 1950, Chase began working as a research assistant at Cold Spring Harbor Laboratory in the laboratory of bacteriologist and geneticist Alfred Hershey. In 1952, she and Hershey performed the Hershey–C...

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Dr Martha Cowles Epstein (1927 - 2003)

In 1950, Chase began working as a research assistant at Cold Spring Harbor Laboratory in the laboratory of bacteriologist and geneticist Alfred Hershey. In 1952, she and Hershey performed the Hershey–C...

5/15/2020
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Rebecca Louise Carrington, PhD MP (1946 - 1979)

"Becky Carrington", "Mrs. James Eckstein", "Mrs. T. R. Howell", "Mrs. Theodore R Howell"

Biography== Rebecca Louise Carrington was born on December 7, 1946, in Travis County, Texas, United States of America. Her parents were Victor Metz Carrington and Patricia Smith (Giles) . Research Phys...

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Rebecca Louise Carrington, PhD MP (1946 - 1979)

"Becky Carrington", "Mrs. James Eckstein", "Mrs. T. R. Howell", "Mrs. Theodore R Howell"

Biography== Rebecca Louise Carrington was born on December 7, 1946, in Travis County, Texas, United States of America. Her parents were Victor Metz Carrington and Patricia Smith (Giles) . Research Phys...

10/17/2019

Vera Rubin MP (1928 - 2016)

Rubin (née Cooper; born July 23, 1928) is an American astronomer who pioneered work on galaxy rotation rates. She uncovered the discrepancy between the predicted angular motion of galaxies and the obse...

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Vera Rubin MP (1928 - 2016)

Rubin (née Cooper; born July 23, 1928) is an American astronomer who pioneered work on galaxy rotation rates. She uncovered the discrepancy between the predicted angular motion of galaxies and the obse...

3/7/2018

Chien-Shiung Wu 吳健雄 MP (1912 - 1997)

Chien-Shiung Wu 吳健雄 was a Chinese-American experimental physicist who made significant contributions in the field of nuclear physics. Wu worked on the Manhattan Project, where she helped develop the pr...

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Chien-Shiung Wu 吳健雄 MP (1912 - 1997)

Chien-Shiung Wu 吳健雄 was a Chinese-American experimental physicist who made significant contributions in the field of nuclear physics. Wu worked on the Manhattan Project, where she helped develop the pr...

3/6/2018

Mildred Dresselhaus MP (1930 - 2017)

"Millie"

Mildred Dresselhaus (née Spiewak ; November 11, 1930 – February 20, 2017), known as the "queen of carbon science", was the first female Institute Professor and professor emerita of physics and electric...

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Mildred Dresselhaus MP (1930 - 2017)

"Millie"

Mildred Dresselhaus (née Spiewak ; November 11, 1930 – February 20, 2017), known as the "queen of carbon science", was the first female Institute Professor and professor emerita of physics and electric...

3/9/2017

Marie Stopes, D.Sc., Ph.D. MP (1880 - 1958)

Charlotte Carmichael Stopes (15 October 1880 – 2 October 1958) was a British author, palaeobotanist, campaigner for women's rights and pioneer in the field of birth control. She was the wife of Humphre...

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Marie Stopes, D.Sc., Ph.D. MP (1880 - 1958)

Charlotte Carmichael Stopes (15 October 1880 – 2 October 1958) was a British author, palaeobotanist, campaigner for women's rights and pioneer in the field of birth control. She was the wife of Humphre...

11/23/2016

Dr. Marianne Kris MP (1900 - 1980)

: Marianne studied medicine and graduated in 1925. She participated in Anna Freud s child analysis seminar and published in the Journal for Psychoanalytical Pedagogy her essay "The Use of a Fairy Tale ...

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Dr. Marianne Kris MP (1900 - 1980)

: Marianne studied medicine and graduated in 1925. She participated in Anna Freud s child analysis seminar and published in the Journal for Psychoanalytical Pedagogy her essay "The Use of a Fairy Tale ...

10/13/2016

Gertrude Belle Elion (January 23, 1918 – February 21, 1999) was an American biochemist and pharmacologist, and a 1988 recipient of the Nobel Prize in Physiology or Medicine. Working alone as well as wi...

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Gertrude Belle Elion (January 23, 1918 – February 21, 1999) was an American biochemist and pharmacologist, and a 1988 recipient of the Nobel Prize in Physiology or Medicine. Working alone as well as wi...

10/10/2016

Ginni Rometty MP

"Ginni Rometty"

Marie "Ginni" Rometty (born July 29, 1957) is an American business executive. She is the current Chairwoman, President and CEO of IBM, and the first woman to head the company. Prior to becoming preside...

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Ginni Rometty MP

"Ginni Rometty"

Marie "Ginni" Rometty (born July 29, 1957) is an American business executive. She is the current Chairwoman, President and CEO of IBM, and the first woman to head the company. Prior to becoming preside...

10/9/2016