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Isabella Fenwick (1783 – 1856) was a 19th-century British amanuensis (secretary), and a confidante, advisor, and friend of William Wordsworth and his family in his later years. [1] She is the scribe behind the Fenwick Notes , [ 1 ] an autobiographical and poetic commentary Wordsworth dictated to her over a six-month period between January and ...
Dr Louise Holliday is the first woman to winter in Antarctica for the Australian Antarctic Program serving as medical officer at Davis station. [29] 1983. First British woman, Janet Thomson, joins the British Antarctic Survey, and becomes the first British woman on Antarctica. [33]
Bush, W. M. - Antarctica and International Law: A Collection of Inter-state and National Documents. [24] [25] Byrd, Richard Evelyn - Alone: the classic polar adventure. [26] Caesar, Adrian - The White: Last Days in the Antarctic Journeys of Scott and Mawson, 1911–1913. [27] Cassidy, William A. – Meteorites, Ice, and Antarctica: A Personal ...
In 1991 In-Young Ahn was the first female leader of an Asian research station (King Sejong Station) and the first South Korean woman to step onto Antarctica. [78] There were approximately 180 women in Antarctica during the 1990–1991 season. [72] Women from several different countries were regular members of overwintering teams by 1992. [77]
Book Ninth: Residence in France 1799–1805 "Even as a river,--partly (it might seem)" The Prelude or, Growth of a Poet's Mind: Advertisement: 1850 Book Tenth: Residence in France (continued) 1799–1805 "It was a beautiful and silent day" The Prelude or, Growth of a Poet's Mind: Advertisement: 1850 Book Eleventh: France (concluded) 1799–1805
Wordsworth wrote a sonnet about them, "To the Lady E.B and the Hon. Miss P". [9] Anna Seward wrote about them in her 1796 poem, "Llangollen Vale", in which she associates them with "chaste provinciality". [9] The story of the two women are the subject of a chapter of Colette's 1932 book, The Pure and the Impure. [18]
Lois Jones (1935–2000), geochemist, led the first all-woman science team to Antarctica in 1969; Ruth Kelley, flight attendant, one of the first two women to fly to Antarctica in October 1957; Amy Leventer (graduated 1982), marine biologist, micropaleontologist; Diane McKnight (born 1953), environmental engineer, educator, editor
Fletcher Christian was born on 25 September 1764, at his family home of Moorland Close, Eaglesfield, near Cockermouth in Cumberland, England.His father's side of the family had originated from the Isle of Man and most of Fletcher's paternal great-grandfathers were historic Deemsters, their original family surname being McCrystyn.