Mary Andrews (geologist)

Mary K. Andrews (1854–1914) was an Irish geologist, notable as one of the first women to be active in this area.

Mary Andrews
Born1854
Belfast, Ireland
Died1914

Life

Born in Belfast, Mary Andrews was one of six children born to Jane Hardie and the chemist Thomas Andrews.[1] She was Honorary Secretary of the geological section of the Belfast Naturalists' Field Club (BNFC) after its establishment in 1893.[2] A friend and collaborator of Sydney Mary Thompson, Andrews photographed features of special interest for the British Association,[3] and curated the BNFC's local geological specimens.[1]

She represented Queen's College, Belfast and the BNFC at the 1907 centenary celebrations of the Geological Society.[4][5]

Works
  • (as K.) The Early History of Magnetism, Nature, 27 April 1876.[6]
  • 'Denudation at Cultra, County Down' [1892], Irish Naturalist 2 (1893), pp. 16–18; 47-49; Belfast Field Club Reports 3 (1893), pp. 529–32
  • 'Dykes in Antrim and Down', Irish Naturalist 3 (1894), pp. 93–6
  • 'Erosion at Newcastle', Irish Naturalist, 10, 114
  • 'Notes on Moel Tryfaen' [1894], Belfast Field Club Reports 4 (1901), pp. 205–10

References
  1. Mary R. S. Creese; Thomas M. Creese (2004). Ladies in the Laboratory 2. Scarecrow Press. p. 51. ISBN 978-0-8108-4979-2. Retrieved 7 October 2012.
  2. Kate Newmann, Mary Andrews (1854–1914), Dictionary of Ulster Biography. Accessed 7 October 2012.
  3. Jennifer Tucker (2006). "Gender and Genre in Victorian Scientific Photography". In Ann B. Shteir (ed.). Figuring It Out: Science, Gender, And Visual Culture. Bernard Lightman. UPNE. pp. 152, 162. ISBN 978-1-58465-603-6. Retrieved 7 October 2012.
  4. Cherry Lewis; Simon J. Knell (2009). The Making of the Geological Society of London. Geological Society. p. 383. ISBN 978-1-86239-277-9. Retrieved 7 October 2012.
  5. G. L. Herries Davies (2007). Whatever Is Under the Earth: the Geological Society of London 1807–2007. Geological Society. p. 175. ISBN 978-1-86239-214-4. Retrieved 7 October 2012.
  6. For the ascription to Andrews, see Belfast Natural History and Philosophical Society (1924). Centenary volume, 1821–1921: A review of the activities of the society for 100 years with historical notes, and memoirs of many distinguished members ... The Society. p. 119. Retrieved 7 October 2012.

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