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Margaret, Lady Herschel (née Brodie Stewart; 1810–1884) was a British botanical artist and hostess. While she was in Cape Colony , she and her husband made over a hundred botanical paintings of wild flowers, which they brought back to Europe for study.
Margaret, Lady Herschel ( née Brodie Stewart; 1810–1884) was a British botanical artist and hostess. While she was in Cape Colony, she and her husband made over a hundred botanical paintings of wild flowers, which they brought back to Europe for study.
Jun 7, 2024 · Previous academic work on the correspondence had routinely neglected John Herschel’s wife, Margaret Brodie Herschel. But her letters, often to the wives and daughters of illustrious men of science, show the crucial role played by women in the administration of science in the 19th century.
Herschel, Maria Sophia (1839-1929) daughter of Sir John Frederick William Herschel is the child of Herschel, Margaret Brodie (1810-1884), wife of Sir John Herschel
Sir John Frederick William Herschel, 1st Baronet KH FRS ( / ˈhɜːrʃəl, ˈhɛər -/; [2] 7 March 1792 – 11 May 1871) [1] was an English polymath active as a mathematician, astronomer, chemist, inventor and experimental photographer who invented the blueprint [3] [4] [5] and did botanical work. [6]
May 12, 2021 · On 13 November 1833, Herschel and his wife Margaret (née Brodie Stewart (1810–1884)) travelled on Mount Stewart Elphinstone to Cape Town to start a new programme of observing the southern skies. After a two-month journey at sea, Herschel installed the 20-ft reflector at Feldhausen, about five miles from the Royal Observatory at the Cape .
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Jan 1, 2022 · For John Herschel’swife, Margaret Brodie Stewart (later Herschel), the purpose of her academic education seems to have been primarily to help her be a good, intellectually thorough, evangelical, proselytising Christian.
