fbpx
Wikipedia

Mary Acworth Evershed

March 03, 2024

Mary Acworth Evershed FRAS (née Orr; 1 January 1867 – 25 October 1949) was a British astronomer and scholar. Her work on Dante Alighieri was written under the pen name M.A. Orr.

Mary Acworth Evershed

FRAS
Born
Mary Acworth Orr

(1867-01-01)1 January 1867
Plymouth Hoe, Devon, England
Died25 October 1949(1949-10-25) (aged 82)
Ewhurst, Surrey, England
Other namesM.A. Orr
Known forAstronomy and scholarship of Dante
SpouseJohn Evershed[1]

Early life edit

Mary Acworth Orr was born to Lucy Acworth and Andrew Orr on 1 January 1867 at Plymouth Hoe.[2] Her father was an officer in the Royal Artillery. Mary grew up in Wimborne and South Stoke in Somerset.[2] Mary’s youngest brother was the colonial administrator Charles William James Orr.[3]

When she was 20, Orr travelled abroad with her sisters, and when in Florence (1888–1890) began a study of the works of Dante which led to her lifelong interest in astronomical references in Dante's poems.[4]

Astronomical career edit

In 1890 Orr moved with her family to Australia. She found there was no good guide to the southern stars, so wrote An Easy Guide to the Southern Stars, with the encouragement of John Tebbutt, the leading astronomer in Australia at the time.

In 1895, she moved back to England and met fellow British astronomer John Evershed when they both participated in an expedition to view a total solar eclipse of 9 August 1896 in Norway[5][6] Orr subsequently joined the British Astronomical Association (BAA).[7][8] At this time the BAA enjoyed the membership of intellectual women barred from the (then) all-male Royal Astronomical Society. During this time she became friends with Agnes Clerke and Annie Scott Dill Maunder, both notable for their contributions to historical astronomy.[9]

Orr married Evershed in 1906. Up to this time he had worked as an industrial chemist, with solar physics as a hobby, but in 1906 was offered a post as assistant astronomer at Kodaikanal Observatory in India. Mary and John moved to Kodaikanal (visiting notable astronomical locations in the United States on the way) to allow him to take up the post in 1907.[2][10] While in India, Mary collected plants from the region, which were ultimately deposited in the British Museum herbarium.[11]

In 1916 Mary was elected to the membership of the Astronomical Society of the Pacific.[12] On the 9 May 1924 as a Fellow of the Royal Astronomical Society.[13] Lastly she directed the BAA’s Historical Section from its inception in 1930 to 1944.[2] Throughout her life, Evershed travelled to numerous solar eclipses, including Norway in 1896, Algiers in 1900, Western Australia in 1922, Yorkshire in 1927, and Greece/Aegean Sea in 1936.

Dante scholarship edit

Evershed was also greatly interested in poetry, and while she loved Dante's work, she was worried about his cosmography. Her 1914 book Dante and the Early Astronomers helped clarify Dante's science, as accurate as it could be given existing knowledge.[10]

Bibliography edit

  • Two Letters Addressed to the Bishop of Ripon, on Secularism, the Holy Scriptures, and the Geographical Position of the Garden of Eden (1876)
  • Easy Guide to Southern Stars (1896)
  • Southern Stars: A Guide to the Constellations Visible in the Southern Hemisphere, preface by John Tebbutt, with a miniature star atlas (London, 1896)
  • Black Star-Lore. Journal of the British Astronomical Association, vol. 9 (1898), pp.68-70[14]
  • Variable Stars of Long Period. Journal of the British Astronomical Association, vol. 15 (1905), pp.129-132[15]
  • Dante and Mediaeval Astronomy. The Observatory vol. 34 (1911), p. 440 (as Mr. and Mrs. Evershed)[16]
  • Some Types of Prominences Associated with Sun-Spots. Monthly Notices of the Royal Astronomical Society, vol. 73 (1913), p. 422[17]
  • The Origin of the Constellations. The Observatory vol. 36 (1913), p. 179[18]
  • Dante and the Early Astronomers. Gall & Inglis (1914)[19]
  • The Sea-goat. The Observatory vol. 37 (1914), p. 322[20]
  • Stars of the Southern Skies. Longmans, Green & Co. (1915)[21]
  • Mem. Kod. Obsc., V.1, Pt.2 (1917) (as Mr. and Mrs. Evershed)
  • Recent Work at Arcetri. The Observatory vol. 58 (1932), p. 254 (as Mr. and Mrs. Evershed)[22]
  • Arab Astronomy. The Observatory vol. 58 (1935), p. 237[23]
  • Who's Who in the Moon. Memoirs of the British Astronomical Association vol. 34 (1938), pt. 1, pp. 1-130. (an index to named lunar craters)[24]

Awards and honours edit

References edit

  1. ^ Stratton, F. J. M. (1957). "John Evershed 1864–1956". Biographical Memoirs of Fellows of the Royal Society. 3: 40–51. doi:10.1098/rsbm.1957.0004. JSTOR 769351.
  2. ^ a b c d A.D. Thackeray (1950). "Obituary Notices: Evershed, Mary Acworth". Monthly Notices of the Royal Astronomical Society. 110 (2): 128–129. Bibcode:1950MNRAS.110..128.. doi:10.1093/mnras/110.2.128.
  3. ^ "FreeCEN - UK Census Records (England, Scotland, Wales)". www.freecen.org.uk. Retrieved 2 April 2022.
  4. ^ Brück, Mary (2009). "Mountain Paradise". Women in Early British and Irish Astronomy. Springer. pp. 235–247. ISBN 978-90-481-2473-2.
  5. ^ "1898MmBAA...6...12E Page 15". articles.adsabs.harvard.edu. Retrieved 25 July 2020.
  6. ^ Mellor, T. K. (1898). "1898MmBAA...6R..27M Page 28". Memoirs of the British Astronomical Association. 6: 27. Bibcode:1898MmBAA...6R..27M.
  7. ^ "1896JBAA....7...28. Page 28". Journal of the British Astronomical Association. 7: 28. 1896. Bibcode:1896JBAA....7...28.
  8. ^ "1896JBAA....6..455. Page 455". Journal of the British Astronomical Association. 6: 455. 1896. Bibcode:1896JBAA....6..455.
  9. ^ "1950JBAA...60...86. Page 86". articles.adsabs.harvard.edu. Retrieved 25 July 2020.
  10. ^ a b Tracy Daugherty, "Passion for Poetry and Stars Drove 'Dante's Astronomer'", Oregon State University, Spring 2009.
  11. ^ "Mary Acworth Evershed (1867–1949)", JStor Plant Science. Retrieved 22 March 2015.
  12. ^ "1916PASP...28....1. Page 4". Publications of the Astronomical Society of the Pacific. 28 (162): 1. 1916. Bibcode:1916PASP...28....1.. doi:10.1086/122468.
  13. ^ a b "[Society Business: Candidates proposed; Presents announced; Fellows elected ]", Monthly Notices of the Royal Astronomical Society, 84 (7): 469–470, 1924, Bibcode:1924MNRAS..84..469., doi:10.1093/mnras/84.7.469
  14. ^ Orr, M. A. (1898). "1898JBAA....9...68O Page 68". Journal of the British Astronomical Association. 9: 68. Bibcode:1898JBAA....9...68O.
  15. ^ Orr, M. A. (1905). "1905JBAA...15..129O Page 129". Journal of the British Astronomical Association. 15: 129. Bibcode:1905JBAA...15..129O.
  16. ^ Evershed, M. A.; Evershed, J. (1911). "1911Obs....34..440E Page 440". The Observatory. 34: 440. Bibcode:1911Obs....34..440E.
  17. ^ Evershed, M. A. (1913). "1913MNRAS..73..422E Page 422". Monthly Notices of the Royal Astronomical Society. 73: 422. Bibcode:1913MNRAS..73..422E. doi:10.1093/mnras/73.6.422.
  18. ^ Evershed, M. A. (1913). "1913Obs....36..179E Page 179". The Observatory. 36: 179. Bibcode:1913Obs....36..179E.
  19. ^ "Dante and the early astronomers : Orr, M. A. (Mary Acworth) : Free Download, Borrow, and Streaming". Internet Archive. Retrieved 26 July 2020.
  20. ^ Evershed, M. A. (1914). "1914Obs....37..322E Page 322". The Observatory. 37: 322. Bibcode:1914Obs....37..322E.
  21. ^ "Stars of the southern skies : Orr, M. A. (Mary Acworth) : Free Download, Borrow, and Streaming". Internet Archive. Retrieved 26 July 2020.
  22. ^ Evershed, M. A.; Evershed, J. (1932). "1932Obs....55..254E Page 254". The Observatory. 55: 254. Bibcode:1932Obs....55..254E.
  23. ^ Evershed, M. A. (1935). "1935Obs....58..237E Page 237". The Observatory. 58: 237. Bibcode:1935Obs....58..237E.
  24. ^ "1943MmBAA..34B...3. Page 3". Memoirs of the British Astronomical Association. 34: 3. 1943. Bibcode:1943MmBAA..34B...3.
  25. ^ Schmadel, Lutz D (10 June 2012). Dictionary of Minor Planet Names. Vol. 2 (Sixth ed.). Springer. p. 824. ISBN 9783642297175. Retrieved 2 June 2019.

Further reading edit

  • Mary T. Brück, "Mary Ackworth Evershed née Orr (1867–1949), solar physicist and Dante scholar", Journal of Astronomical History and Heritage (ISSN 1440-2807), Vol. 1, No. 1, p. 45–59 (1998).
  • Mary T. Brück, "Mary Ackworth Orr Evershed", The Biographical Encyclopedia of Astronomers, v.5, pp. 351–352.
  • Tracy Daugherty, "Passion for Poetry and Stars Drove 'Dante's Astronomer'", Oregon State University, Spring 2009.
  • Tracy Daugherty, "Dante and the Early Astronomer", Yale University Press, 2019

March 03, 2024
mary, acworth, evershed, fras, née, january, 1867, october, 1949, british, astronomer, scholar, work, dante, alighieri, written, under, name, frasbornmary, acworth, 1867, january, 1867plymouth, devon, englanddied25, october, 1949, 1949, aged, ewhurst, surrey, . Mary Acworth Evershed FRAS nee Orr 1 January 1867 25 October 1949 was a British astronomer and scholar Her work on Dante Alighieri was written under the pen name M A Orr Mary Acworth EvershedFRASBornMary Acworth Orr 1867 01 01 1 January 1867Plymouth Hoe Devon EnglandDied25 October 1949 1949 10 25 aged 82 Ewhurst Surrey EnglandOther namesM A OrrKnown forAstronomy and scholarship of DanteSpouseJohn Evershed 1 Contents 1 Early life 2 Astronomical career 3 Dante scholarship 4 Bibliography 5 Awards and honours 6 References 7 Further readingEarly life editMary Acworth Orr was born to Lucy Acworth and Andrew Orr on 1 January 1867 at Plymouth Hoe 2 Her father was an officer in the Royal Artillery Mary grew up in Wimborne and South Stoke in Somerset 2 Mary s youngest brother was the colonial administrator Charles William James Orr 3 When she was 20 Orr travelled abroad with her sisters and when in Florence 1888 1890 began a study of the works of Dante which led to her lifelong interest in astronomical references in Dante s poems 4 Astronomical career editIn 1890 Orr moved with her family to Australia She found there was no good guide to the southern stars so wrote An Easy Guide to the Southern Stars with the encouragement of John Tebbutt the leading astronomer in Australia at the time In 1895 she moved back to England and met fellow British astronomer John Evershed when they both participated in an expedition to view a total solar eclipse of 9 August 1896 in Norway 5 6 Orr subsequently joined the British Astronomical Association BAA 7 8 At this time the BAA enjoyed the membership of intellectual women barred from the then all male Royal Astronomical Society During this time she became friends with Agnes Clerke and Annie Scott Dill Maunder both notable for their contributions to historical astronomy 9 Orr married Evershed in 1906 Up to this time he had worked as an industrial chemist with solar physics as a hobby but in 1906 was offered a post as assistant astronomer at Kodaikanal Observatory in India Mary and John moved to Kodaikanal visiting notable astronomical locations in the United States on the way to allow him to take up the post in 1907 2 10 While in India Mary collected plants from the region which were ultimately deposited in the British Museum herbarium 11 In 1916 Mary was elected to the membership of the Astronomical Society of the Pacific 12 On the 9 May 1924 as a Fellow of the Royal Astronomical Society 13 Lastly she directed the BAA s Historical Section from its inception in 1930 to 1944 2 Throughout her life Evershed travelled to numerous solar eclipses including Norway in 1896 Algiers in 1900 Western Australia in 1922 Yorkshire in 1927 and Greece Aegean Sea in 1936 Dante scholarship editEvershed was also greatly interested in poetry and while she loved Dante s work she was worried about his cosmography Her 1914 book Dante and the Early Astronomers helped clarify Dante s science as accurate as it could be given existing knowledge 10 Bibliography editTwo Letters Addressed to the Bishop of Ripon on Secularism the Holy Scriptures and the Geographical Position of the Garden of Eden 1876 Easy Guide to Southern Stars 1896 Southern Stars A Guide to the Constellations Visible in the Southern Hemisphere preface by John Tebbutt with a miniature star atlas London 1896 Black Star Lore Journal of the British Astronomical Association vol 9 1898 pp 68 70 14 Variable Stars of Long Period Journal of the British Astronomical Association vol 15 1905 pp 129 132 15 Dante and Mediaeval Astronomy The Observatory vol 34 1911 p 440 as Mr and Mrs Evershed 16 Some Types of Prominences Associated with Sun Spots Monthly Notices of the Royal Astronomical Society vol 73 1913 p 422 17 The Origin of the Constellations The Observatory vol 36 1913 p 179 18 Dante and the Early Astronomers Gall amp Inglis 1914 19 The Sea goat The Observatory vol 37 1914 p 322 20 Stars of the Southern Skies Longmans Green amp Co 1915 21 Mem Kod Obsc V 1 Pt 2 1917 as Mr and Mrs Evershed Recent Work at Arcetri The Observatory vol 58 1932 p 254 as Mr and Mrs Evershed 22 Arab Astronomy The Observatory vol 58 1935 p 237 23 Who s Who in the Moon Memoirs of the British Astronomical Association vol 34 1938 pt 1 pp 1 130 an index to named lunar craters 24 Awards and honours edit1924 Fellow of the Royal Astronomical Society 13 1971 The minor planet 12628 Acworthorr is discovered and named after Evershed 25 References edit Stratton F J M 1957 John Evershed 1864 1956 Biographical Memoirs of Fellows of the Royal Society 3 40 51 doi 10 1098 rsbm 1957 0004 JSTOR 769351 a b c d A D Thackeray 1950 Obituary Notices Evershed Mary Acworth Monthly Notices of the Royal Astronomical Society 110 2 128 129 Bibcode 1950MNRAS 110 128 doi 10 1093 mnras 110 2 128 FreeCEN UK Census Records England Scotland Wales www freecen org uk Retrieved 2 April 2022 Bruck Mary 2009 Mountain Paradise Women in Early British and Irish Astronomy Springer pp 235 247 ISBN 978 90 481 2473 2 1898MmBAA 6 12E Page 15 articles adsabs harvard edu Retrieved 25 July 2020 Mellor T K 1898 1898MmBAA 6R 27M Page 28 Memoirs of the British Astronomical Association 6 27 Bibcode 1898MmBAA 6R 27M 1896JBAA 7 28 Page 28 Journal of the British Astronomical Association 7 28 1896 Bibcode 1896JBAA 7 28 1896JBAA 6 455 Page 455 Journal of the British Astronomical Association 6 455 1896 Bibcode 1896JBAA 6 455 1950JBAA 60 86 Page 86 articles adsabs harvard edu Retrieved 25 July 2020 a b Tracy Daugherty Passion for Poetry and Stars Drove Dante s Astronomer Oregon State University Spring 2009 Mary Acworth Evershed 1867 1949 JStor Plant Science Retrieved 22 March 2015 1916PASP 28 1 Page 4 Publications of the Astronomical Society of the Pacific 28 162 1 1916 Bibcode 1916PASP 28 1 doi 10 1086 122468 a b Society Business Candidates proposed Presents announced Fellows elected Monthly Notices of the Royal Astronomical Society 84 7 469 470 1924 Bibcode 1924MNRAS 84 469 doi 10 1093 mnras 84 7 469 Orr M A 1898 1898JBAA 9 68O Page 68 Journal of the British Astronomical Association 9 68 Bibcode 1898JBAA 9 68O Orr M A 1905 1905JBAA 15 129O Page 129 Journal of the British Astronomical Association 15 129 Bibcode 1905JBAA 15 129O Evershed M A Evershed J 1911 1911Obs 34 440E Page 440 The Observatory 34 440 Bibcode 1911Obs 34 440E Evershed M A 1913 1913MNRAS 73 422E Page 422 Monthly Notices of the Royal Astronomical Society 73 422 Bibcode 1913MNRAS 73 422E doi 10 1093 mnras 73 6 422 Evershed M A 1913 1913Obs 36 179E Page 179 The Observatory 36 179 Bibcode 1913Obs 36 179E Dante and the early astronomers Orr M A Mary Acworth Free Download Borrow and Streaming Internet Archive Retrieved 26 July 2020 Evershed M A 1914 1914Obs 37 322E Page 322 The Observatory 37 322 Bibcode 1914Obs 37 322E Stars of the southern skies Orr M A Mary Acworth Free Download Borrow and Streaming Internet Archive Retrieved 26 July 2020 Evershed M A Evershed J 1932 1932Obs 55 254E Page 254 The Observatory 55 254 Bibcode 1932Obs 55 254E Evershed M A 1935 1935Obs 58 237E Page 237 The Observatory 58 237 Bibcode 1935Obs 58 237E 1943MmBAA 34B 3 Page 3 Memoirs of the British Astronomical Association 34 3 1943 Bibcode 1943MmBAA 34B 3 Schmadel Lutz D 10 June 2012 Dictionary of Minor Planet Names Vol 2 Sixth ed Springer p 824 ISBN 9783642297175 Retrieved 2 June 2019 Further reading editMary T Bruck Mary Ackworth Evershed nee Orr 1867 1949 solar physicist and Dante scholar Journal of Astronomical History and Heritage ISSN 1440 2807 Vol 1 No 1 p 45 59 1998 Mary T Bruck Mary Ackworth Orr Evershed The Biographical Encyclopedia of Astronomers v 5 pp 351 352 Tracy Daugherty Passion for Poetry and Stars Drove Dante s Astronomer Oregon State University Spring 2009 Tracy Daugherty Dante and the Early Astronomer Yale University Press 2019 Retrieved from https en wikipedia org w index php title Mary Acworth Evershed amp oldid 1188603042, wikipedia, wiki, book, books, library,

article

, read, download, free, free download, mp3, video, mp4, 3gp, jpg, jpeg, gif, png, picture, music, song, movie, book, game, games.