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geologist who had websterite, now normally called aluminite, named after him Alexander Wilson: 1714–1786 astronomer and meteorologist also surgeon, type-founder, and mathematician; the first scientist to record the use of kites in meteorological investigations Alexander Wilson: 1766–1813 ornithologist ornithology pioneer pre-Audubon (American)
Women Scientists from Scotland. Subcategories. This category has the following 14 subcategories, out of 14 total. ...
Margarita Salas Falgueras, 1st Marchioness of Canero (30 November 1938 – 7 November 2019) was a Spanish scientist, medical researcher, and author in the fields of biochemistry and molecular genetics. She started developing molecular biology in Spain and also worked as an honorary associate professor of CSIC, at the Severo Ochoa Biology Center .
Mary Somerville (/ ˈ s ʌ m ər v ɪ l / SUM-ər-vil; née Fairfax, formerly Greig; 26 December 1780 – 29 November 1872) [1] was a Scottish scientist, writer, and polymath.She studied mathematics and astronomy, and in 1835 she and Caroline Herschel were elected as the first female Honorary Members of the Royal Astronomical Society.
Williamina Paton Stevens was born in Dundee, Scotland, at 86 Nethergate, [3] on 15 May 1857 to Mary Walker and Robert Stevens, a carver and gilder. She was one of six children. [4] Her younger sister, Johanna Stevens, would also later work at Harvard College Observatory. [5] Starting at the age of fourteen, she went to work as a pupil-teacher.
Science portal; Spain portal; Subcategories. This category has the following 14 subcategories, out of 14 total. ... 21st-century Spanish women scientists (1 C, 23 P) A.
She also fought for equality for women and helped create support systems for female scientists in academia. She's now known as the " Queen of Carbon "! (Fun fact: Dresselhaus was interviewed by ...
Marion Gilchrist (5 February 1864 – 7 September 1952) was the first female graduate of the University of Glasgow, one of the first two women to qualify in medicine from a Scottish university; [1] [2] and a leading activist in the Women's suffrage Movement in Scotland. In recognition of her achievements she has been honoured in a number of ways.