
Hertha Ayrton
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Gender | Female |
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Death | 101 years ago |
Date of birth | April 28,1854 |
Zodiac sign | Taurus |
Born | Portsea |
Portsmouth | |
United Kingdom | |
Date of died | August 26,1923 |
Died | Bexhill |
United Kingdom | |
Books | The electric arc |
Barbara Ayrton-Gould | |
Children | Barbara Ayrton-Gould |
Job | Mathematician |
Physicist | |
Electrical engineer | |
Education | Girton College, University of Cambridge |
University of London | |
Spouse | William Edward Ayrton |
Parents | Alice Theresa Moss |
Levi Marks | |
Grandchildren | Michael Ayrton |
Awards | Hughes Medal |
Date of Reg. | |
Date of Upd. | |
ID | 622157 |
Hertha Ayrton Life story
Phoebe Sarah Hertha Ayrton was a British engineer, mathematician, physicist and inventor, and suffragette. Known in adult life as Hertha Ayrton, born Phoebe Sarah Marks, she was awarded the Hughes Medal by the Royal Society for her work on electric arcs and ripple marks in sand and water.