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Look out in 2021 for more Minerva Scientifica Birthday Celebrations and our Podcast Series “Women of Science & Music: 30 celebrations”
Catch up on past events on the ADVENT CALENDAR, “Echoes from Essex” webpages and CHECK OUT our first programme “Echoes from Northamptonshire” at the Brixworth Music Festival. Browse the calendar below from May 8th – 17th for fascinating stories,pictures and music on Women in STEAMM (Science, Technology, Engineering, Arts, Maths & Medicine) from Northamptonshire.
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- 5Minerva Scientifica Birthday Celebration: Delia Derbyshire
5th May 2021
Delia Derbyshire
Composer
BORN 5th May 1937, Coventry, England
Doctor Who?
Delia Derbyshire (1937 – 2001), was the most important pioneering composer of electronic music the UK has ever produced, yet her most famous work wasn’t officially credited to her on TV until 50 years after its first airing on th
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- 11Minerva Scientifica Birthday Celebration: Elaine Bullard
11th May 2021
Elaine Bullard
Botanist
BORN 11th May 1915, Greenwich, London
Elaine Bullard taken by herself
photo provided by Sydney GauldElaine Bullard (1915 – 2011) carried out her most important work in the Orkney Islands, visiting them all to study the flora, meticulously recording their Latin names. She pro
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- 18Minerva Scientifica Birthday Celebration: Isabella Gordon NEW PODCAST
18th May 2021
Isabella Gordon
Marine Biologist
BORN 18th May 1901, Keith, Banffshire, Scotland
Specimens first identified by Isabella Gordon at the Natural History Museum London
From humble beginnings in Keith, Moray, Scotland, Dr Isabella Gordon (1901-1988) working at the British Museum (Natural History) had become o
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- 20Minerva Scientifica Birthday Celebration: Helen Hopekirk
20th May 2021
Helen Hopekirk
Composer
BORN 20th May 1856 Portobello, Edinburgh“The Voice of the Mountains” by Helen Hopekirk (1856 – 1945)
(click the blue button above to listen)A song for voice and piano, performed by Frances M Lynch, which
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