Timeline

Scientists and Composers

1623

1623

Margaret Cavendish

Natural Philosopher and Theoretical Physicist

1694

1694

Elizabeth Tollet

Scientific Poet

1700

1700

Elizabeth Turner

Singer, Composer and Harpsichordist

1700

Elizabeth Blackwell

Botanical illustrator

1742

1742

Anne Hunter

Composer and Poet

1749

1749

Maria Barthélemon

Composer, Singer and Keyboardist

1750

1750

Caroline Herschel

Astronomer

1750

Elizabeth Fulhame

Chemist

1766

1766

Carolina Nairne

Composer, Poet and Musician

1780

1780

Mary Somerville

Mathematician and Physicist

1788

1788

Charlotte Murchison

Geologist

1799

1799

Mary Anning

Palaeontologist

1803

1803

Eliza Flower

Composer and Pianist

1807

1807

Lady Dufferin

Composer and Poet

1808

1808

Eliza Westbury

Hymnodist

1808

Mary Lyell

Conchologist and Geologist

1815

1815

Ada Lovelace

Mathematician and Computer Pioneer

1820

1820

Florence Nightingale

Statistician and Nurse

1831

1831

Elizabeth Gray

Fossil Collector

1854

1854

Hertha Ayrton

Physicist

1856

1856

Helen Hopekirk

Composer and Pianist

1857

1857

Marjory Kennedy Fraser

Composer, Pianist and Song Collector

1857

Williamina Fleming

Astronomer

1858

1859

Ellen Willmott

Botanist

1860

1860

Gulielma Lister

Botanist

1864

1864

Maria Ogilvie Gordon

Geologist

1865

1865

Mary Russell, Duchess of Bedford

Ornithologist and Radiographer

1866

1866

Amanda Ira Aldridge

Singer, Composer, Teacher

1866

Beatrix Potter

Mycologist

1870

1870

Agnes Metcalfe

Education

1878

1878

Leonora Rintoul

Ornithologist

1879

1879

Agnes Arber

Botanist

1879

Evelyn Baxter

Ornithologist

1880

1880

Helen Ogilvie

Marine Biologist

1882

1882

Laura Florence

Entomologist

1883

1883

Doris MacKinnon

Zoologist

1883

Muriel Robertson

Protozoologist and Bacteriologist

1887

1887

Adeline H Campbell

Physician and Surgeon

1889

1889

Agnes Borthwick

Munitions Works Manager

1890

1890

Isabella Leitch

Nutritional physiologist