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Aug 24, 1559
Sophia Brahe
Sophia Brahe was born on August 24, 1559 in Knutstorp Castle, Sweden and died in 1643 in Elsinore, Denmark. She was a Danish horticulturalist who studied the fields of astronomy, chemistry and medicine. She is best known for working with her brother, Tycho, in finding a supernova and lunar eclipse. Her work helped to allow for a better determination of the planets' orbit around the sun. -
Maria Cunitz
Maria Cunitz was born on May 29, 1610 in Lower Silesia and died on August 22, 1664 in Byczyna, Poland. She was a German astronomer who provided much insight into the field of Astronomy. She is best known for writing the book Urania Propitia, which gave a better and more advanced solution -
Margaret Cavendish
Margaret Cavendish was born in 1623 in Colchester, United Kingdom and died in 1673 in Welbeck Abbey, United Kingdom. She was a British natural philosopher who helped to make some of the major ideas of the Scientific Revolution popular. Cavendish published two books on areas she felt were lacking in terms of discoveries and also advocated for a larger female presence in science as well as better education for girls. -
Maria Sibylla Merian
Maria Sibylla Merianwas born on April 2, 1647 in Frankfurt am Main, Germany and died on January 13, 1717 in Amsterdam, Netherlands. She was a German botanist and zoologist who created an illustrated book of specimens of European insects, moths, and butterflies. In 1672, Merian traveled to Suriname (Dutch South Africa) with only a female companion and collected specimens there which she later published into her noteworthy Dissertation in Insect Generations and Metamorphosis in Surinam. -
Maria Winkelmann
Maria Winkelmannwas born on February 25, 1670 in Panitzsch, Borsdorf, Germany and died on December 29, 1720 in Berlin, Germany. She was a German astronomer who worked with her husband, Gottfried Kirch developing astronomical calendars. Since female scientists were not respected at the time, Winkelmann acted as his assistant even though she was actually his co-worker. In 1702, Winkelmann became the first woman to discover a comet. -
Laura Bassi
Laura Bassi was born on October 29, 1711 in Bologna, Italy and died on February 20, 1778 in Bologna, Italy. She was an Italian physicist who became the first female professor at a European university in history. Bassi is also known for her contributions to Newtonian physics, and the expansion of that field of research.