Mary Ward
Irish naturalist and astronomer
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Mary Ward was an Irish naturalist, astronomer, microscopist, author, and artist. She was killed when she fell under the wheels of an experimental steam car built by her cousins. As the event occurred in 1869, she is the first person known to have... Wikipedia
Born: April 27, 1827, Ballylin, Ireland
Died: August 31, 1869 (age 42 years), Birr, Ireland
Partner: Henry Ward, 5th Viscount Bangor (1854–)
Great grandchildren: Lalla Ward, Patrick Mathew Desmond Forde, Edward Ward, and more
Grandchildren: Edward Ward, 7th Viscount Bangor, Mary Helen Kathleen Ward, Matilda Kathleen Kennedy, and more
Parents: Harriet Lloyd and Henry King
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Mary Ward (née King; 27 April 1827 – 31 August 1869) was an Irish naturalist, astronomer, microscopist, author, and artist. She was killed when she fell ...
Aug 31, 2021 · Mary Ward, an Irish microscopist, illustrator, and popular science writer, died on Aug. 31, 1869, in a memorable accident that we will ...
Feb 11, 2020 · Mary Ward / Astronomer, Microscopist, Author & Artist ... Mary Ward (nee King) was born in 1827 to Henry King and Harriett Lloyd, in Ferbane, Co.
Aug 14, 2020 · In her well-received science writing about microscopes, telescopes, frogs, and bugs, Ward appealed to the “wonder of nature's clocks,” ...
Aug 29, 2019 · Ward was an active naturalist and astronomer, working hard to carve out a place for herself in the overwhelmingly male world of Victorian ...
She was a first cousin of William Parsons, 3rd Earl of Rosse, of Birr telescope fame and through whom she met many of the most eminent men of science of the day ...
Mary Ward (Microscopist, Artist, Entomologist and Author) · Mary Ward's drawing of the Ross microscope and accessories · Leviathan Telescope at Birr Castle ...
Nov 2, 2021 · And sadly, the group's little lark ended with Mary Ward being crushed under its wheels. This gave the 42-year-old scientist the dubious ...
Mary Ward (née King), a cousin and neighbour of William Parsons, third Earl of Rosse, was a self-taught expert in natural history and microscopy.
Oct 16, 2023 · Ward was a keen amateur astronomer, sharing this interest with her cousin William Parsons, 3rd Earl of Rosse. Parsons built the Leviathan of ...