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Annie Russell: A trailblazing Irish astronomer whose work eclipsed her husband’s
Her story is one of talent, opportunity and a perseverance that saw her become an international expert on the science of the sun. Yet she left Cambridge without a degree, worked at the lowest rank in the Royal Greenwich Observatory, had to resign after only four years when she married, and saw most of her work published under her husband’s name. Such were the restrictions facing women scientists then, but today there’s a crater on the moon named after her.
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