Hertha Ayrton
British engineer and mathematician
Phoebe Sarah Hertha Ayrton was a British engineer, mathematician, physicist and inventor, and suffragette. Known in adult life as Hertha Ayrton, born Phoebe Sarah Marks, she was awarded the Hughes Medal by the Royal Society for her work on... Wikipedia
Born: April 28, 1854, Portsea, Portsmouth, United Kingdom
Died: August 26, 1923 (age 69 years), Bexhill, United Kingdom
Parents: Alice Theresa Moss and Levi Marks
Education: University of London (1881), Girton College, University of Cambridge (1876–1880), and Finsbury Technical College
Award: Hughes Medal (1906)
Grandchild: Michael Ayrton
Children: Barbara Ayrton-Gould