Elizabeth Beckley

Elizabeth Beckley (c.1846-1927) was a pioneering British astronomical photographer.[1]

She was the daughter of Robert Beckley, a mechanical engineer based at Kew Observatory, who developed the Robinson-Beckley anemometer with Thomas Romney Robinson.[1]

Beckley worked at Kew Observatory, where she was one of the first women to work at an astronomical observatory.[2]

Beckley photographed the sun in the 1860s and 1970s using a photoheliograph.[1]

Beckley married fellow Kew Observatory employee George Matthew Whipple.[2] They had two sons, and the eldest, Robert Whipple, was a scientific instrument collector, and founded the Whipple Museum of the History of Science in Cambridge.[2][1]

References

  1. ^ a b c d Macdonald, Lee (9 March 2017). "'Work peculiarly fitting to a lady': Elizabeth Beckley and the early years of solar photography". conscicom.org. Retrieved 6 May 2019.
  2. ^ a b c https://blog.sciencemuseum.org.uk/ptolemy-photography-and-pyjamas/

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