Minerva Scientifica Birthday Celebrations
FEBRUARY 2021
In 2020 we began to celebrate the birthdays of some of the historical characters on our Minerva Scientifica website through a series of online campaigns and podcasts, and by releasing new information, music and photographs. It proved so popular that we are continuing into 2021 and this February we are celebrating 6 of these women whose lives reflect a fascinating mix of scientific work focused around food and nutrition, munitions, aeroplanes, birds, plants and fossils. Check them out on their birth dates to find out more – you’ll find them on our EVENTS CALENDAR and on the links below – SHARE WIDELY!!!
February
2nd 1878 Leonora Rintoul – Ornithologist
13th 1890 Isabella Leitch – Nutritional Physiologist
18th 1918 Lilian Bader – Aircraft Instrument Engineer
19th 1889 Agnes Borthwick – Munitions Works Manager
21st 1831 Elizabeth Gray – Fossil Collector
23rd 1879 Agnes Arber – Botanist
Our February PODCAST, the 15th episode of Women in Science & Music: 30 Celebrations will be released on Feb 18th with music by Amanda Ira Aldridge. Science Historian Dr Patricia Fara, Emeritus Fellow of Clare College Cambridge, discusses the life and work of Lilian Bader with Warrant Officer Alison, an Aeronautical Engineer from the RAF, whose stellar career will inspire anyone to take flight
RAF Aircraft Technician (Mechanical) Alison from 207 Squadron inspecting an F-35B