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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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Publications of the Astronomical Society of the Pacific
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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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Some Types of Prominences Associated with Sun-Spots.
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During this time, she became friends with 586: 584: 582: 580: 666:Women in Early British and Irish Astronomy 593:"Obituary Notices: Evershed, Mary Acworth" 185:(1888–1890) began a study of the works of 31: 1092: 971: 931: 618: 560: 517:Learn how and when to remove this message 830:, Oregon State University, Spring 2009. 530: 452:is discovered and named after Evershed. 422:The Observatory vol. 58 (1935), p. 237 398:The Observatory vol. 37 (1914), p. 322 386:The Observatory vol. 36 (1913), p. 179 220:in Norway Orr subsequently joined the 945: 943: 133: 7: 840:"Mary Acworth Evershed (1867–1949)" 408:Results of Prominence Observations. 257:Astronomical Society of the Pacific 252:expedition to Srinagar in Kashmir. 199:An Easy Guide to the Southern Stars 482:link to broken or outdated sources 25: 1309:Schmadel, Lutz D (10 June 2012). 384:The Origin of the Constellations. 243:in India. 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Index

Mary Acworth Orr
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

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