Category: The Gallery
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Barbara Hillary – Nurse and adventurer
Thanks to the amazing grant of £1000 given to us by the Royal Astronomical Society, we’ve been able to hire writers for our blog posts on scientists of colour. This incredible article was written by the wonderful Rosany Antonyvincent! Follow her on Twitter here! Name: Barbara Hillary Life: June 12, 1931 – Nov 23, 2019 (age 88)…
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Mary Jackson – Mathematician and Aerospace Engineer
Thanks to the amazing grant of £1000 given to us by the Royal Astronomical Society, we’ve been able to hire writers for our blog posts on scientists of colour. This incredible article was written by the wonderful Rafaella Antoniou! Rafaella is a PhD student and Research Assistant in the Department of Mechanical Engineering at the…
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Dr. Cassandra Extavour – Biologist and musician
Thanks to the amazing grant of £1000 given to us by the Royal Astronomical Society, we’ve been able to hire writers for our blog posts on scientists of colour. This incredible article was written by the wonderful Marisol Imani Dothard! Marisol can be found on twitter @microbiomarisol and Dr. Extavour can be found on twitter @redmakeda…
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Dr Percy Julian Lavon – Chemist
Thanks to the amazing grant of £1000 given to us by the Royal Astronomical Society, we’ve been able to hire writers for our blog posts on scientists of colour. This incredible article was written by the wonderful Eyitoritse Mojuetan! Find them on instagram @tori_mojuetan and find them making their own lifestyle podcast, No Wahala, Inshallah! Name:…
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Professor Ngece-Ajayi – Chemist
Thanks to the amazing grant of £1000 given to us by the Royal Astronomical Society, we’ve been able to hire writers for our blog posts on scientists of colour. This incredible article was written by the wonderful Erin Dreyden! You can find Erin on twitter @eadreyden. Who is Professor Ngece-Ajayi? Professor Fanelwa Ngece-Ajayi (born 17…
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Tu Youyou – Pharmaceutical Chemist/Malariologist
Thanks to the amazing grant of £1000 given to us by the Royal Astronomical Society, we’ve been able to hire writers for our blog posts on scientists of colour. This incredible article was written by the wonderful Joe Lewis! If you would like to apply to be a Science Writer for POC2 , you can…
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Dr Valerie Thomas – Data Analyst and Mathematician
Thanks to the amazing grant of £1000 given to us by the Royal Astronomical Society, we’ve been able to hire writers for our blog posts on scientists of colour. This incredible article was written by the wonderful Cameron Perumal! Follow her on Twitter @oldytimeycam. If you would like to apply to be a Science Writer…
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Dr Marie Maynard Daly – Biochemist
“Courage is like — it’s a habitus, a habit, a virtue: you get it by courageous acts. It’s like you learn to swim by swimming. You learn courage by couraging.” -Dr Marie Daly on the bravery required to push the frontiers of science and equality Profile Name: Marie Maynard Daly Life: April 16th 1921 –…
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Sudha Murthy – Computer scientist, engineer and philanthropist
“I went there on the stage and the 3,000 of them, who were now leading normal lives, wanted to hear from me and I was absolutely speechless. The tears started to flow and I quoted a shloka (passage) from Ramayana: ‘God… don’t make me rich, don’t make me beautiful, don’t make me a queen. If…
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Fatima al-Fahiri and The Al-Qarawiyyin University
Fatima al-Fahiri and The Al-Qarawiyyin University Profile Name: Fatima bint Muhammad Al-Fihriya Al-Qurashiya Life: 800 C.E. – 880 C.E. (Died aged 80) Known for: Establishing the oldest existing and currently operating educational institution to award degrees [1][2]