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herbarium. While at Kodaikanal, Mary completed an index to the library at the observatory. In 1909, she is recorded as measuring the position angles and heights of solar prominences from photographs taken at the observatory’s spectroheliograph. In 1915, she accompanied her husband on an astronomical
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Orr married Evershed in 1906. Up to this time, he had worked as an industrial chemist with solar physics as a hobby but, in 1906, was offered a post as assistant astronomer at
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In 1890, Orr moved with her family to Australia. She found there was no good guide to the southern stars, so wrote
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Evershed was also greatly interested in poetry, and while she loved Dante's work, she was worried about his
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Memoirs of the British Astronomical Association vol. 34 (1938), pt. 1, pp. 1-130. (an index to named
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helped clarify Dante's science, as accurate as it could be given existing knowledge.
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Southern Stars: A Guide to the Constellations Visible in the Southern Hemisphere
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Mary Acworth Orr was born to Lucy Erskine Acworth (1841–1904) and Andrew Orr (
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Journal of the British Astronomical Association, vol. 15 (1905), pp.129-132
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In 1895, she moved back to England and met fellow British astronomer
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When she was 20, Orr travelled abroad with her sisters and, when in
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in Somerset. Mary’s youngest brother was the colonial administrator
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The Observatory vol. 58 (1932), p. 254 (as Mr. and Mrs. Evershed)
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when they both participated in an expedition to view a
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British astronomer, Dante scholar and plant collector
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During this time, she became friends with 575: 573: 571: 569: 655:Women in Early British and Irish Astronomy 582:"Obituary Notices: Evershed, Mary Acworth" 174:(1888–1890) began a study of the works of 1081: 960: 920: 806: 607: 549: 506:Learn how and when to remove this message 1297: 1244: 1148: 1096: 1055: 641: 566: 526: 819:, Oregon State University, Spring 2009. 441:is discovered and named after Evershed. 1364: 708: 411:The Observatory vol. 58 (1935), p. 237 387:The Observatory vol. 37 (1914), p. 322 375:The Observatory vol. 36 (1913), p. 179 209:in Norway Orr subsequently joined the 181: 934: 932: 647: 425: 122: 449: 299: 1001: 974: 829:"Mary Acworth Evershed (1867–1949)" 520: 397:Results of Prominence Observations. 246:Astronomical Society of the Pacific 241:expedition to Srinagar in Kashmir. 188:An Easy Guide to the Southern Stars 13: 1329: 929: 471:link to broken or outdated sources 14: 1413: 1298:Schmadel, Lutz D (10 June 2012). 373:The Origin of the Constellations. 232:in India. Mary and John moved to 1392:20th-century British astronomers 1382:19th-century British astronomers 1348:, "Mary Ackworth Orr Evershed", 1301:Dictionary of Minor Planet Names 762:"1896JBAA....6..455. Page 455". 454: 393:Longmans, Green & Co. (1915) 379:Dante and the Early Astronomers. 211:British Astronomical Association 151:1830–1870) on 1 January 1867 at 1291: 1265: 1238: 1211: 1194: 1169: 1142: 1117: 1090: 1049: 1022: 995: 968: 889: 872: 855: 838: 822: 736:"1896JBAA....7...28. Page 28". 315: 310:Dante and the Early Astronomers 135:was written under the pen name 1272:"1943MmBAA..34B...3. Page 3". 1058:"1913MNRAS..73..422E Page 422" 781: 755: 729: 702: 677: 616: 355:Dante and Mediaeval Astronomy. 349:Variable Stars of Long Period. 1: 789:"1950JBAA...60...86. Page 86" 685:"1898MmBAA...6...12E Page 15" 651:(2009). "Mountain Paradise". 486:or discuss this issue on the 445: 142: 94:Astronomy and scholarship of 897:"1916PASP...28....1. Page 4" 391:Stars of the Southern Skies. 328:Easy Guide to Southern Stars 190:, with the encouragement of 7: 1201:Madras Obsrvastory (1906). 879:Madras Obsrvastory (1906). 862:Madras Obsrvastory (1906). 845:Madras Obsrvastory (1906). 793:articles.adsabs.harvard.edu 689:articles.adsabs.harvard.edu 10: 1418: 835:. Retrieved 22 March 2015. 433:Royal Astronomical Society 215:Royal Astronomical Society 1402:British women astronomers 532:"John Evershed 1864–1956" 345:, vol. 9 (1898), pp.68-70 165:Charles William James Orr 101: 90: 82: 63: 37: 23: 1352:, v.5, pp. 351–352. 1056:Evershed, M. A. (1913). 437:1971 - The minor planet 381:Gall & Inglis (1914) 369:, vol. 73 (1913), p. 422 223:Annie Scott Dill Maunder 1397:Historians of astronomy 609:10.1093/mnras/110.2.128 580:A.D. Thackeray (1950). 403:Recent Work at Arcetri. 1083:10.1093/mnras/73.6.422 962:10.1093/mnras/84.7.469 551:10.1098/rsbm.1957.0004 415:Who's Who in the Moon. 230:Kodaikanal Observatory 659:. 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Index

FRAS
Plymouth Hoe
Ewhurst
Dante
John Evershed
FRAS
née
Dante Alighieri
Plymouth Hoe
Wimborne
South Stoke
Charles William James Orr
Florence
Dante
John Tebbutt
John Evershed
total solar eclipse
9 August 1896
British Astronomical Association
Royal Astronomical Society
Agnes Clerke
Annie Scott Dill Maunder
Kodaikanal Observatory
Kodaikanal
British Museum
Astronomical Society of the Pacific
solar eclipses
Norway
1896
Algiers

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