Mary Andrews (geologist)
Mary Andrews | |
|---|---|
| Born | 1854 Belfast, Ireland |
| Died | 1914 |
Mary K. Andrews (1854–1914) was an Irish geologist, notable as one of the first women to be active in this area.
Life
[edit]Born in Belfast, Mary Andrews was one of six children born to Jane Hardie and the chemist Thomas Andrews.[1] She was Honorary Secretary of the geological section of the Belfast Naturalists' Field Club (BNFC) after its establishment in 1893.[2] A friend and collaborator of Sydney Mary Thompson, Andrews photographed features of special interest for the British Association,[3] and curated the BNFC's local geological specimens.[1]
Andrews was one of twelve women who presented papers at the women's section of the geological congress, as a part of the World's Congress Auxiliary of the World's Columbian Exposition in Chicago, in August 1893.[4]
She represented Queen's College, Belfast and the BNFC at the 1907 centenary celebrations of the Geological Society.[5][6]
Works
[edit]- (as K.) The Early History of Magnetism, Nature, 27 April 1876.[7]
- 'Denudation at Cultra, County Down' [1892], Irish Naturalist 2 (1893), pp. 16–18; 47-49; Belfast Field Club Reports 3 (1893), pp. 529–32
- 'Dykes in Antrim and Down', Irish Naturalist 3 (1894), pp. 93–6
- 'Erosion at Newcastle', Irish Naturalist, 10, 114
- 'Notes on Moel Tryfaen' [1894], Belfast Field Club Reports 4 (1901), pp. 205–10
References
[edit]- ^ a b Mary R. S. Creese; Thomas M. Creese (2004). Ladies in the Laboratory 2. Scarecrow Press. p. 51. ISBN 978-0-8108-4979-2. Retrieved 7 October 2012.
- ^ Kate Newmann, Mary Andrews (1854–1914), Dictionary of Ulster Biography. Accessed 7 October 2012.
- ^ Jennifer Tucker (2006). "Gender and Genre in Victorian Scientific Photography". In Ann B. Shteir (ed.). Figuring It Out: Science, Gender, And Visual Culture. Bernard Lightman. UPNE. pp. 152, 162. ISBN 978-1-58465-603-6. Retrieved 7 October 2012.
- ^ T. C. C. (1893). "Editorial". The Journal of Geology. 1 (6): 620–633 – via JSTOR.
- ^ Cherry Lewis; Simon J. Knell (2009). The Making of the Geological Society of London. Geological Society. p. 383. ISBN 978-1-86239-277-9. Retrieved 7 October 2012.
- ^ G. L. Herries Davies (2007). Whatever Is Under the Earth: the Geological Society of London 1807–2007. Geological Society. p. 175. ISBN 978-1-86239-214-4. Retrieved 7 October 2012.
- ^ For the ascription to Andrews, see Belfast Natural History and Philosophical Society (1924). Centenary volume, 1821–1921: A review of the activities of the society for 100 years with historical notes, and memoirs of many distinguished members ... The Society. p. 119. Retrieved 7 October 2012.
