Mary Ward
Anglo-Irish scientist and writer (1827-1869) · Scientists · Died at 42
Mary Ward was an Irish naturalist, astronomer, microscopist, author, and artist. She was killed when she fell under the wheels of an experimental steam car built by her cousins. As the event occurred in 1869, she is the first person known to have been killed by a motor vehicle.
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Lived 1827 to 1869 · aged 42
