Gertrude Bacon
✓ Source-basedfallingBritish writer, aeronaut and botanist (1874-1949)
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Gertrude Bacon was a British aeronautical pioneer. She achieved a considerable number of "firsts" for women in aeronautics, as well as making contributions in the areas of astronomy and botany. Bacon popularised aeronautics through her writing, and promoted both commercial and popular flying as fields for women.
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Rosina DafterAlso won Fellow of the Royal Astronomical Society
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Michael PeelAlso won Fellow of the Royal Astronomical SocietyJohn Pringle NicholAlso won Fellow of the Royal Astronomical SocietyWilliam BeaufortAlso won Fellow of the Royal Astronomical SocietyGemma LavenderAlso won Fellow of the Royal Astronomical SocietyBancroft W. SitterlyAlso won Fellow of the Royal Astronomical SocietyAbout this person
Country
United KingdomCategory
Scientists
Type
Scientist
Status
deceased
Dates
Lived 1874 to 1949 · aged 75
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5 languages
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