Margaret Lindsay Huggins
Margaret Lindsay, Lady Huggins (born 14 August 1848, Dublin – died 24 March 1915, London),[1] born Margaret Lindsay Murray, was an Irish-English scientific investigator and astronomer.[2][3][4][5][6][7][8] With her husband William Huggins she was a pioneer in the field of spectroscopy and co-authored the Atlas of Representative Stellar Spectra (1899).[9][10]
When Huggins was young, her mother died and her father remarried, leaving her on her own much of the time. Obituaries written by her friends attribute her interest in astronomy to her grandfather, a wealthy bank officer named Robert Murray. According to these sources, Margaret's grandfather taught her the constellations, and as a result of this she began studying the heavens with home-made instruments. She constructed a spectroscope after finding inspiration in articles on astronomy in the periodical Good Words.[11]
Huggins' interest and abilities in spectroscopy led to her introduction to the astronomer William Huggins, whom she married in 1875.[10] Evidence suggests that Huggins was instrumental in instigating William Huggins' successful program in photographic research.[11] She was a contributor to the Encyclopædia Britannica Eleventh Edition.
The London Times, in the notice of the death of Huggins, mentioned that Richard Proctor referred to her as the “Herschel of the Spectroscope”. In her will she bequeathed to Wellesley College and to Wellesley College Whitin Observatory some of her astronomy collection including cherished astronomical artifacts.[12]
Publications
- Obituary, William Lassell, 1880.[13]
- Astronomical Drawing, 1882.[14]
- Obituary, Warren de la Rue, 1889.[15]
- On a new group of lines in the photographic spectrum of Sirius, 1890.[16]
- The System of the Stars, 1890. [17]
- On Wolf and Rayet's Bright-Line Stars in Cygnus, 1891.[18]
- The Astrolabe, 1895.[19]
- The Astrolabe. II. History, 1895.[20]
- Spectroscopic notes, 1897.[21]
- An Atlas of Representative Stellar Spectra from 4870 to 3300, 1899.[9]
- Obituary, Agnes Mary Clerke, 1907.[22]
References
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- ↑ Whiting, Sarah F. (11 June 1915). Lady Huggins. Science. 41(1067): 853–855.
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- ↑ Huggins, William, & Huggins, Margaret Lindsay. (1890). On a new group of lines in the photographic spectrum of Sirius. Sidereal Messenger. (9): 318–319.
- ↑ Huggins, M. L. (1890). The System of the Stars. The Observatory. (13): 382.
- ↑ Huggins, W., & Huggins, M. L. (1891). On Wolf and Rayet's Bright-Line Stars in Cygnus. Sidereal Messenger. (10): 49–65.
- ↑ Huggins, Margaret L. "The Astrolabe." Popular Astronomy. (2): 199–202.
- ↑ Huggins, Margaret L. "The astrolabe. II. History." Popular Astronomy. (2): 261–266.
- ↑ Huggins, W., & Huggins, M. L. (1897). Spectroscopic notes. The Astrophysical Journal. (6): 322–327.
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External links
Works written by or about Margaret Lindsay Huggins at Wikisource- Obituary - Monthly Notices of the Royal Astronomical Society, 1916, volume 76, pp. 278–82.
- Bibliography from the Astronomical Society of the Pacific
