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
1750
1766
1766

Carolina Nairne

Composer, Poet and Musician

1780
1780

Mary Somerville

Mathematician and Physicist

1788
1788
1799
1799

Mary Anning

Palaeontologist

1803
1803

Eliza Flower

Composer and Pianist

1807
1807

Lady Dufferin

Composer and Poet

1808
1808
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
1858
1859
1860
1860
1864
1864
1865
1865

Mary Russell, Duchess of Bedford

Ornithologist and Radiographer

1866
1866

Amanda Ira Aldridge

Singer, Composer, Teacher

1866

Beatrix Potter

Mycologist

1870
1870
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
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