Maria Mitchell Association. Mitchell Memorabilia In Maria Mitchell Lib. (Mf).

Mitchell, Maria, 1818-1889

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Maria Mitchell, astronomer, was born on the island of Nantucket in 1818. Through her father, William Mitchell, she became interested in astronomy and assisted him in his observatory. In the late 1830s she was appointed librarian at the Nantucket Athenaeum, using its collection to educate herself while she worked with her father in the evenings. In 1847 she discovered a new comet, named for her, and was subsequently awarded a gold medal by the King of Denmark. A year later she became the first wo...

Somerville, Mary, 1780-1872

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Mary Somerville (born Mary Fairfax) was born to William George and Margaret Fairfax on December 26, 1780 in Jedburgh, Roxburghshire, Scotland. Mary became interested in mathematics while a teenager. She married Samuel Greig in 1804. Greig was a naval officer and died after 3 years of marriage. Mary then married William Somerville in 1812, who was an inspector of hospitals. Mary Somerville's first major work was a translation of the mathematician Laplace's book Mécanique Céleste. In the t...

Greeley, Horace, 1811-1872

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Horace Greeley (February 3, 1811 – November 29, 1872) was an American newspaper editor and publisher who was the founder and editor of the New-York Tribune, among the great newspapers of its time. Long active in politics, he served briefly as a congressman from New York, and was the unsuccessful candidate of the new Liberal Republican party in the 1872 presidential election against incumbent President Ulysses S. Grant, who won by a landslide. Greeley was born to a poor family in Amherst, New ...

Clark, Alvan, 1804-1887

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Baily, Francis, 1774-1844

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In 1795 he went to America and had some adventures. Returning in 1798 he became a London stockbroker and published successful works on annuities and assurances. He then turned his attention to astronomy and in 1825 retired from business. He greatly advanced astronomy by his revision of star catalogs, his simplified tables for reduction of aberration, mutation, etc. He reformed the Nautical Almanac. In 1843 he received the Astronomical Society's gold medal for his determination of the weight of t...

British Museum.

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Microfilms of British Museum class catalogues of manuscripts. The British Library, established in 1973, is now responsible for manuscript collections previously held by the library of the British Museum. From the guide to the Microfilms of British Museum class catalogues of manuscripts, 20th century, (University of Oxford, Bodleian Library) ...

Vassar College.

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Everett, Edward

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Epithet: diplomatist, American envoy in London British Library Archives and Manuscripts Catalogue : Person : Description : ark:/81055/vdc_100000001149.0x000031 ...

Mitchell, William

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Epithet: solicitor, of Petersfield British Library Archives and Manuscripts Catalogue : Person : Description : ark:/81055/vdc_100000000474.0x0003d2 Epithet: of Stowe MS 750 British Library Archives and Manuscripts Catalogue : Person : Description : ark:/81055/vdc_100000000474.0x0003d1 Epithet: of Add MS 40208 British Library Archives and Manuscripts Catalogue : Person : Description : ark:/81055/vdc_100000000474.0x0003d0 Epithet: Lieu...

Herschel, Lady

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