Alan Powell Goffe – pathologist (1920-1966)

About Alan Powell Goffe:

• Goffe, Gaia (July 2008) Between Two Worlds. BBC Caribbean.com https://www.bbc.co.uk/caribbean/news/story/2008/07/080723_goffeongoffe.shtml
• Goffe, Gaia., and Judith. Goffe. Between Two Worlds:The Story of Black British Scientist Alan Goffe. London: Hansib, 2008. Available in SOLO http://tinyurl.com/2xetep7n

Further Resources:

• Edward, D.G. “Alan Powell Goffe. 9 July 1920-13 August 1966.” Journal of pathology and bacteriology 93.2 (1967): 729–734.  Available in SOLO http://tinyurl.com/yc6jdwed
• Obituary Notices. A.P.Goffe. British Medical Journal 2.531 (1966) https://doi.org/10.1136/bmj.2.5512.531

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Mary Winearls Porter – crystallographer and geologist (1886-1980)

About Mary Winearls Porter:

• Rayner-Canham M., Rayner-Canham G. (2021) Polly Porter, Chrystallography Pioneer. Chemistry World https://www.chemistryworld.com/culture/polly-porter-crystallography-pioneer/4013486.article
• (September 2017) Mary “Polly” Winearls Porter Trowelblazers. https://trowelblazers.com/2017/09/19/mary-porter/

Further Resources:

• Price, M.T. The Corsi Collection in Oxford. Corsi Collection of Decorative Stones. http://www.oum.ox.ac.uk/corsi/about/oxford

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Mabel Purefoy FitzGerald – physiologist and clinical pathologist (1872-1973)

About Mabel Purefoy FitzGerald: 

• The Mabel FitzGerald Archive, or an Extraordinary Woman (March 2019) . Archives and Manuscripts at the Bodleian Library https://blogs.bodleian.ox.ac.uk/archivesandmanuscripts/2016/03/03/mabelfitzgerald_1/
• Mabel FitzGerald. Women in Physiology, Anatomy and Genetics.  Department of Physiology, Anatomy & Genetics https://www.dpag.ox.ac.uk/women-in-physiology-anatomy-genetics/mabel-fitzgerald

 Further Resources:

• Dill, D.B, Mabel Purefoy FitzGerald – our second centenarian. Physiologist 16, 247–248 (1973). Available in SOLO http://tinyurl.com/wvpefj3v
• Tissot Van Patot, Martha C. “Getting Lost in History: Mabel Purefoy FitzGerald and the Origins of Hydrochloric Acid in the Gastric Mucosa.” Function (Oxford, England) 2.6 (2021). Available in SOLO http://tinyurl.com/42tbed6b

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Jane Willis Kirkaldy – science educator (1869-1932)

About Jane Kirkaldy:

• More than a Dodo (April 2022). Re-collections: Jane Willis Kirkaldy. Museum of Natural History University of Oxford https://morethanadodo.com/2022/04/22/re-collections-jane-willis-kirkaldy/

Further Resources:

• Howarth, J. Principals and Tutors. University of Oxford Education Activism Women at Oxford: 1878-1920 https://www.firstwomenatoxford.ox.ac.uk/article/principals-and-tutors

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Anne Burns – aeronautical engineer and glider pilot (1915-2001)

About Anne Burns:

• Evans, H.  (2009, January 08). Burns [née Pellew], Anne (1915–2001), aeronautical engineer and glider pilot. Oxford Dictionary of National Biography. https://doi.org/10.1093/ref:odnb/75239
• Freudenberg, Matthew. (2009). Clear air turbulence: a life of Anne Burns. Charlton Publications. Available in SOLO https://tinyurl.com/4epwatsz

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James Joseph Sylvester – mathematician (1814-1897)

About James Joseph Sylvester:

• Parshall, K.  (2004, September 23). Sylvester, James Joseph (1814–1897), mathematician. Oxford Dictionary of National Biography. https://doi.org/10.1093/ref:odnb/26872
• Cayley, A. Scientific Worthies: XXV—James Joseph Sylvester. Nature 39, 217–219 (1889). https://doi.org/10.1038/039217a0

Further Resources:

• Parshall, K. H. (2006). James Joseph Sylvester: Jewish mathematician in a Victorian world. Johns Hopkins University Press. Available in SOLO http://tinyurl.com/4h9wpbfz
• Higham, N. (2014). The life of James Joseph Sylvester. Nick Higham Applied Mathematics, Numerical Linear Algebra and Software https://nhigham.com/2014/09/03/the-life-of-james-joseph-sylvester/

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Christopher Strachey – computer scientist (1916-1975)

About Christopher Strachey:

• Lee, J.A.N. (2013). Computer Pioneers by J.A.N. Lee. Christopher Strachey.  IEEE Computer Society. https://history.computer.org/pioneers/strachey.html
• Campbell-Kelly, M. “Christopher Strachey, 1916-1975: A Biographical Note,” in Annals of the History of Computing, vol. 7, no. 1, pp. 19-42, Jan.-March 1985 https://ieeexplore.ieee.org/document/4392962

 Further Resources:

• Strachey 100: an Oxford Computing Pioneer. University of Oxford Podcasts https://podcasts.ox.ac.uk/series/strachey-100-oxford-computing-pioneer
• Maru, M. (June 2022). Pride Month: Christopher Strachey. Codeminers https://www.codeminers.co.uk/blog/pride-month-christopher-strachey/
• Papers and correspondence of Christopher Strachey. Bodleian Archives & Manuscripts https://archives.bodleian.ox.ac.uk/repositories/2/resources/2561

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Robert Burton – scholar, writer (1577-1640)

About Robert Burton:

• Milton-Jenkins, Lola. (2023) Robert Burton – Pioneer of Men’s Mental Health PDF on Robert Burton by Lola Milton-Jenkins.
• Bamborough, J.  (2009, October 08). Burton, Robert (1577–1640), writer. Oxford Dictionary of National Biography. https://doi.org/10.1093/ref:odnb/4137

Further Resources:

• Melancholy: A New Anatomy – multidisciplinary exhibition reflects on 400 years of mental health therapies. (September 2021). Bodleian Libraries https://www.bodleian.ox.ac.uk/about/media/melancholy-a-new-anatomy
• Melancholy A New Anatomy.  Bodleian Libraries https://visit.bodleian.ox.ac.uk/event/melancholy-new-anatomy

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The following scientists were chosen to celebrate women in science, including those with disabilities. During their lifetimes, the research fields they chose were predominantly male-dominated.

Madge Gertrude Adam – solar astronomer (1912-2001)

About Madge Gertrude Adam:

• 2007, December 01). Adam, Madge Gertrude, (6 March 1912–25 Aug. 2001), University Lecturer (Astronomy), Department of Astrophysics, University Observatory, Oxford, 1947–79; Research Fellow, St Hugh’s College, Oxford, 1957–79, then Emeritus Fellow. WHO’S WHO & WHO WAS WHO. https://www.ukwhoswho.com/view/10.1093/ww/9780199540891.001.0001/ww-9780199540884-e-4983.

Further Resources:

• Corinne Petford, Madge Adam 1912–2001, Astronomy & Geophysics, Volume 43, Issue 1, February 2002, Pages 1.36–1.37. Available in SOLO: http://tinyurl.com/549tmj66
• Dr Madge Adam FRAS ( Physics,1931). 100 years of Oxford Degrees for Women. Pioneering Alumnae. St-hugh’s College: https://www.st-hughs.ox.ac.uk/wp-content/uploads/2021/04/Madge-Adam-profile.pdf
• Williams, K. (September 2001). Madge Adam. The Guardian Obituary https://www.theguardian.com/news/2001/sep/10/guardianobituaries.obituaries

Dorothy Crowfoot Hodgkin – Nobel Prize-winning British chemist (1910-1994)

About Dorothy Crowfoot Hodgkin:

• Dodson, G. (2002) Dorothy Mary Crowfoot Hodgkin, O.M. 12 May 1901-29 July 1994. Biogr. Mems Fell. R. Soc., 48:179-219 https://doi.org/10.1098/rsbm.2002.0011
• Dorothy Crowfoot Hodgkin – Biographical. NobelPrize.org. Nobel Prize Outreach. https://www.nobelprize.org/prizes/chemistry/1964/hodgkin/biographical/

Further Resources:

• Dunitz, J. D. “Dorothy Crowfoot Hodgkin – An Introduction to Her Work and Personality.” Current science (Bangalore) 72.7 (1997): 447–450. Available in SOLO http://tinyurl.com/5a2xxkp6
• Ferry, Georgina. Dorothy Hodgkin : A Life. London: Bloomsbury Reader, 2014. Available in SOLO http://tinyurl.com/mvmv3nwh

Marjorie Mary Sweeting – geomorphologist (1920 – 1994)

About Marjorie Mary Sweeting: 

• Bull, P.  (2004, September 23). Sweeting, Marjorie Mary (1920–1994), geomorphologist. Oxford Dictionary of National Biography https://doi.org/10.1093/ref:odnb/56002

Further Resources:

• Goudie, A. S. (1995). Obituaries: Marjorie Sweeting 1920-1994. The Geographical Journal, 161(2), 239–240. http://www.jstor.org/stable/3060006
• Goudie, A., Ford, D. and Sugden, D. (1987), Dr. Marjorie Sweeting. Earth Surf. Process. Landforms, 12: 445-451. https://doi.org/10.1002/esp.3290120502

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