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Christina Cruikshank Miller FRSE (29 August 1899 – 16 July 2001) was a Scottish chemist and one of the first five women (also the first female chemist) elected to the Royal Society of Edinburgh (7 March 1949). [1] Christina Miller was deaf from childhood and also lost the sight of one eye in a laboratory explosion in 1930.
scientist carbon dioxide discoverer: Robert Blair: 1748–1828 astronomer inventor of the aplanatic lens: John Boyd Orr, 1st Baron Boyd-Orr: 1880–1971 nutritionist: Nobel Peace Prize winner David Brewster: 1781–1868 scientist Royal Scottish Society of Arts founder Thomas Brisbane: 1773–1860 astronomer John Campbell Brown: 1947-2019 astronomer
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.
Women Scientists from Scotland. Subcategories. This category has the following 14 subcategories, out of 14 total. ...
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 ...
This is a historical list dealing with women scientists in the 20th century. During this time period, women working in scientific fields were rare. Women at this time faced barriers in higher education and often denied access to scientific institutions; in the Western world, the first-wave feminist movement began to break down many of these ...
2015: The International Day of Women and Girls in Science is an annual observance adopted by the United Nations General Assembly to promote the full and equal access and participation of women in Science, Technology, Engineering and Mathematics (STEM) fields; [382] the United Nations General Assembly passed resolution 70/212 on 22 December 2015 ...