#OnThisDay in #history - in 1869, Mary Ward died aged 42. She was an astronomer, author, and artist from #Ireland She was also an expert at microscopy, and her drawings of specimens were published by David Brewster in his articles and books. She was one of 3 women on the mailing list of the Royal Astronomical Society (Queen Victoria and Mary Somerville were the others). Her cousins experimented with steam cars, and she was the first person to have been killed by one. #OTD#histodons@histodons
