Agnes Mary Clerke

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Agnes Mary Clerke


Born
in Skibbereen, County Cork, Ireland, Ireland
February 10, 1842

Died
January 20, 1907

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Agnes Mary Clerke was an astronomer. She was not a practical astronomer, but instead collated, interpreted, and summarized the results of astronomical research. In 1888 she spent three months at the Cape Observatory as the guest of the director, Sir David Gill, and his wife, and there became sufficiently familiar with spectroscopic work to be able to write about this newer branch of the science with increased clearness and confidence.

In 1892 she was awarded the Actonian Prize of 100 guineas by the Royal Institution. As a member of the British Astronomical Association she attended its meetings regularly, as well as those of the Royal Astronomical Society. In 1903, with Lady Huggins, she was elected an honorary member of the Royal Astronomica
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A Popular History of Astron...

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Astronomy by Agnes M. Clerk...

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The Concise Knowledge Astro...

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Copernicus - A Short Biography

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Astronomy

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Familiar Studies in Homer: ...

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Problems in Astrophysics

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The Century Science Series;...

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“What has been done is little—scarcely a beginning; yet it is much in comparison with the total blank of a century past. And our knowledge will, we are easily persuaded, appear in turn the merest ignorance to those who come after us.”
Agnes Mary Clerke, A Popular History of Astronomy During the Nineteenth Century