Mary Caroline Hughes

Mary Caroline Hughes seated, holding a geological hammer
Mary Caroline Hughes, Malverns 1892

Mary Caroline Hughes (née Weston; 4 July 1862 – 9 July 1916) was an English geologist, artist and photographer. She acted as a chaperone to Cambridge University undergraduate female students enabling them to go on geology field trips for the first time.[1] She also accompanied her husband Thomas McKenny Hughes to several International Geological Congress meetings.

  1. ^ Burek, C.V (2007). "The role of women in geological higher education - Bedford College, London (Catherine Raisin) and Newnham College, Cambridge, UK". Geological Society London Special Publications. 281: 13.