Agnes Murgoci
Agnes Murgoci (born March 28, 1875 in Adelaide , Australia , † May 7, 1929 in England ) was a British scientist .
Life
Agnes Kelly was born in Adelaide as the daughter of Adam Kelly from Glasgow and Helen Beveridge. When she was three years old she came to England with her family. She attended the Dollar Academy and studied at Bedford College from 1892 . After graduating in 1896 as a Bachelor of Science in zoology , she went to Munich . In 1900 she and the Scot Maria Matilda Ogilvie Gordon were the first women to receive a doctorate in natural sciences at the Ludwig Maximilians University in Munich .
In Munich, Kelly met the Romanian mineralogist Gheorghe Munteanu-Murgoci. They married in 1904 and went to Bucharest . The children Helen and Radu were born in Romania . Agnes Murgoci published on folklore during this time . During the First World War , Murgoci and the children fled to England. Even after the escape, Murgoci studied Romanian folklore.
Murgoci died in England on May 7, 1929 after a traffic accident on the Isle of Wight .
Individual evidence
- ↑ John Herklots: Agnes Murgoci (1874-1924) . Ryde Social Heritage Group, January 2015, accessed March 7, 2018 (English; pdf; 71 kB).
- ↑ Patricia Krus: Pioneering women Former Carnegie grantholders Alumni: Maria Gordon (Geology) . ( Memento of the original from January 14, 2019 in the Internet Archive ) Info: The archive link was automatically inserted and not yet checked. Please check the original and archive link according to the instructions and then remove this notice. Carnegie Trust for the Universities of Scotland, accessed March 7, 2018.
| personal data | |
|---|---|
| SURNAME | Murgoci, Agnes |
| ALTERNATIVE NAMES | Kelly, Agnes (maiden name) |
| BRIEF DESCRIPTION | British scientist |
| DATE OF BIRTH | March 28, 1875 |
| PLACE OF BIRTH | Adelaide , Australia |
| DATE OF DEATH | May 7, 1929 |
| Place of death | England |