Alice Everett | |
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 Portrait of Alice Everett | |
| Born | 15 May 1865 Glasgow, Scotland |
| Died | 21 July 1949 (aged 84) London, England |
| Alma mater | Girton College, Cambridge |
| Scientific career | |
| Fields | astronomy, optics, engineering |
| Institutions | Royal Observatory, Greenwich |
Alice Everett (15 May 1865 – 21 July 1949)[1] was a British astronomer and engineer who grew up in Belfast.[2] Everett is best known for being the first woman to be paid for astronomical work at the Royal Observatory, Greenwich, when she began her employment at the observatory January 1890. In 1903 she was the first woman to have a paper published by the Physical Society of London.[1] She also contributed to the fields of optics and early television.[3][4][5]
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- ^ Ogilvie, Marilyn; Harvey, Joy (2000). The Biographical Dictionary of Women in Science: Pioneering Lives from Ancient Times to the Mid-20th Century. Vol. 1 (A-K). Taylor & Francis. pp. 430–431. ISBN 9780203801451. Retrieved 18 October 2012.