FAMOUS WOMEN SCIENTISTS

By Tim Lambert

Maude Abbott 1869-1940 Cardiologist

Elizabeth Agassiz 1822-1907 Naturalist

Maria Agnes 1718-1799 Mathematician

Mary Anning 1799-1847 Paleontologist

Agnes Arber 1879-1960 Botanist

Charlotte Auerback 1899-1994 Geneticist

Hertha Ayrton 1854-1923 Physicist

Laura Bassi 1711-1778 Physicist

Rachel Bodley 1831-1888 Chemist

Elizabeth Britton 1858-1934 Biochemist

Rachel Brown 1898-1980 Biochemist

Margaret Burbidge 1920- Astronomer

Annie Cannon 1863-1941 Astronomer

Jane Colden 1724-1766 Botanist

Gerty Corti 1896-1957 Biochemist

Marie Cunitz Astronomer

Marie Curie 1867-1934 Physicist

Marguerite de la Sabliere 1630-1693 Astronomer

Helene Deutsch 1884-1982 Psychologist

Gladys Emerson 1903-1976 Nutritionist

Katherine Esau 1898-1997 Botanist

Honor Fell 1900-1986 Biologist

Williamina Fleming 1857-1911 Astronomer

Dian Fossey 1932-1985 Zoologist

Rosalind Franklin 1920-1958 Molecular Biolgist

Sophie Germain 1776-1831 Mathematician

Maria Goeppert-Mayer 1906-1972 Physicist

Jane Goodall 1934- Zoologist

Caroline Herschel 1750-1848 Astronomer

Dorothy Hodgkin 1910-1994 Biochemist

Grace Hopper 1906-1992 Mathematician

Hypatia c. 370-415 Mathematician and philosopher

Sonya Kovalesky 1850-1891 Mathematician

Henrietta Leavitt 1868-1921 Astronomer

Nicole-Reine Lepaute 1723-1788 Astronomer

Kathleen Lonsdale 1903-1971 Crystallographer

Barbara McClintock 1902-1992 Geneticist

Sidnie Manton 1902-1979 Zoologist

Anne Manzolini 1716-1774 Anatomist

Sylvia Mead 1935- Marine Biolgist

Lise Meitner 1878-1968 Physicist

Maria Mitchell 1818-1889 Astronomer

Marguerite Perey 1909-1975 Physicist

Charlotte Scott 1858-1931 Mathematician

Mary Somerville 1780-1872 Mathematician

Mary Whitney 1847-1921 Astronomer

Roger Arliner Young 1899-1964 Zoologist

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