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Mrs. Somerville. Illustrated London news, v. 61, Dec. 14, 1872: 574.
    AP4.I3, v. 61
    A portrait appears on p. 573.

[Mitchell, Maria] Mary Somerville. Atlantic monthly, v. 5, May 1860: 568-571.
    AP2.A8, v. 5

Norris, Carol B. Mary Fairfax Somerville (1780- 1872), astronomer. In Notable women in the physical sciences, a biographical dictionary. Edited by Benjamin F. Shearer and Barbara S. Shearer. Westport, Conn., Greenwood Press, 1997. p. 381-385.
   Q141.N734 1997
    Notes (9): p. 384-385. Bibliography: p. 385.

Obituary. Mrs. Mary Fairfax Somerville, mathematician and astronomer. New York times, v. 22, Dec. 2, 1872: 1.
   N&CPR

Osen, Lynn M. Mary Fairfax Somerville. In her Women in mathematics. Cambridge, Mass., MIT Press, 1974. p. 95-116. port.
   QA28.083 1974

Patterson, Elizabeth C. The case of Mary Somerville: an aspect of nineteenth-century science. In American Philosophical Society, Philadelphia. Proceedings, v. 118, June 7, 1974: 269-275. port.
   Bibliographic footnotes.
   Q11.P5, v. 118

Patterson, Elizabeth C. Mary Somerville. British journal for the history of science, v. 4, Dec. 1969: 311-339.
   Q125.B77, v. 4
   Bibliographic footnotes.

Patterson, Elizabeth C. Mary Somerville and the cultivation of science, 1815-1840. Boston, M. Nijhoff Publishers, 1983. 264 p. port. (Archives internationales d'histoire des ideés, 102)
   Q143.S72P37 1983
   Bibliographic references included in "Notes" (p. 199-226).
    Bibliography: p. 227-234.

Patterson, Elizabeth C. A Scotswoman abroad: Mary Somerville's 1817 visit to France. In The Light of nature; essays in the history and philosophy of science presented to A. C. Crombie. pt. 3. The social framework. Dordrecht, Boston, M. Nijhoff Publishers, 1985. (Archives internationales d'histoire des ideés, 110) p. [321]-362.
   Q175.3.L55 1985
   Bibliographic footnotes. Bibliography: p. 362. Includes transcriptions of Mrs. Somerville's journal for the period July 17 - Aug. 5.

Patterson, Elizabeth C. Somerville, Mary Fairfax Greig. In Dictionary of scientific biography. v. 12. New York, C. Scribner's Sons, 1975. p. 521-525.
   Q141.D5, v. 12

Proctor, Richard A. Mary Somerville (née Fairfax). In Royal Astronomical Society. Monthly notices, v. 33, Feb. 1873: 190-197.
   QB1.R7, v. 33

Richeson, Allie W. Mary Somerville. Scripta mathematica, v. 8, Mar. 1941: 5-13. port.
    Bibliographic footnotes.
   QA1.S35, v. 8

Smith, George Barnett. Mary Somerville. In his Women of renown; nineteenth century studies. London, W. H. Allen, 1893. p. 175-219.
   CT3234.S64

Somerville, Mary F. Personal recollections, from early life to old age, of Mary Somerville. With selections from her correspondence. By her daughter, Martha Somerville. Boston, Roberts Bros., 1874. 377 p. port.
   Q143.S7S7

Spangenburg, Ray, and Diane K. Moser. The brilliant Mary Somerville. In their The history of science in the nineteenth century. New York, Facts on File, 1994. (On the shoulders of giants) p. 66-67.
    Q125.S737 1994

Sutton, Geoffrey, and Sung Kyu Kim. Mary Fairfax Greig Somerville (1780-1872). In Women in chemistry and physics; a biobibliographic sourcebook. Edited by Louise S. Grinstein, Rose K. Rose, and Miriam H. Rafailovich. Foreword by Lilli S. Hornig. Westport, Conn., Greenwood Press, 1993. p. 538-546.
    QD21.W62 1993
    A bibliography of works by and about Somerville appears on p. 545-546.

Termaat, Barbara. Mary Fairfax Greig Somerville (1780-1872). Birthplace: Burntisland, Scotland. In Notable women in mathematics, a biographical dictionary. Edite by Charlene Morrow and Teri Perl. Westport, Conn., Greenwood Press, 1998. p. 233-238. port.
   QA28.N68 1998
   "Selected works by Mary Somerville" and "Selected Works about Mary Somerville": p. 238.

Toth, Bruce, and Emily Toth. Mary who? Johns Hopkins magazine, v. 29, Jan. 1978: 25-29. illus., port.
   LH1.J7J73, v. 29

Weitzenhoffer, Kenneth. The education of Mary Somerville. Sky & telescope, v. 73, Feb. 1987: 138-139. col. port.
   QB1.S536, v. 73

Spite, Monique

Morrison, David D., and Andrew Fraknoi. Profile: the 1983 A.S.P. award winners. The Muhlmann prize [to François and Monique Spite] Mercury, v. 12, Nov./Dec. 1983: 183-184. port.
    QB1.M43, v. 12
    Also reported in Physics Today, v. 37, Mar. 1984, p. 112-113 (QC1.P658, v. 37).

Sprague, Ann Louise

Sprague, Ann Louise. In Who's who in science and engineering. 3d ed. 1996-1997. New Providence, NJ, Marquis Who's Who, 1996. p. 949.
   Q141.W576 1996/97

Stephan, Sherri Godlin

APS Congressional Science Fellow is astronomer. In American Astronomical Society. AAS newsletter, 104, Mar. 2001: 17. port.

Stevens, Catherine Octavia

Drake, James H. Catherine Octavia Stevens. In British Astronomical Association, London. Journal, v. 70, Feb. 1960: 103-104. port.
   QB1.B75, v. 70
    The portrait faces p. 104.

Stewart, Susan Gessner

Dr. Susan G. Stewart. In Nautical Almanac Office Sesquicentennial Symposium, Washington, D.C., 1999. Proceedings, Nautical Almanac Office Sesquicentennial Symposium, U.S. Naval Observatory, March 3-4, 1999. Edited by Alan D. Fiala and Steven J. Dick. Washington, D.C., U.S. Naval Observatory, 1999. p. 423.
   QB8.N25 1999

Stoyko, Anna Nesteroff

Stoyko Anna (Mme), née Nesteroff (1914). In France. Délégations générale à la recherche scientifique et technique. Répertoire des scientifiques français. t. 5. Physique. [Paris, La Documentation française] 1967. p 237.
   Q145.F7, v. 5

Stroeva, Iuliia Aleksandrovna

Iuliia Aleksandrovna Stroeva. Astronomicheski tsirkuliar, no. 152, sentiabria 15, 1954: 20.
    QB1.A466, no. 152

Subbotina, Nina Mikha lovna

Neu mina, Mariia N. Pamiati N. M. Subbotino . In Astronomicheski kalendar'. Peremennaia ch. vyp. 67; 1964. Moskva, Gos. izd-vo fiziko-matematichesko literatury, 1963. p. 261-2 68. port.
   QB9.A75, 1964

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Suzuki, Hiroko

Memorial address. In Suzuki, Hiroko. Toward interstellar chemistry. Edited by Norio Kaifu. [Tokyo, National Astronomy Observatory, 1989] p. [ix]-[xii]
    QB790.S88 1989
    Contents: Kaifu, N. Dr. Hiroko Suzuki (1947-1987). --Oka, T. Hiroko Suzuki.-- Irvine, W. M. Hiroko Suzuki.
    Portraits, one in black and white and one in color, precede these tributes.

Swope, Henrietta Hill

Clark, Alfred E. Henrietta H. Swope, 78, is dead; helped to measure variable stars. New York times, v. 130, Nov. 29, 1980: 28. port.
   N&CPR Reprinted in the New York Times Biographical Service, v. 11, Nov. 1980, p. 1647 (CT120.N45, v. 11).

Daniels, Arthur. Henrietta (Hill) Swope. In The Annual obituary 1980. Editor, Roland Turner. New York, St. Martin's, 1981. p. 724-725.
   CT120.A56 1980
   Includes a list of her major papers.
    Additional data are supplied in The Annual Obituary 1981, p. 785.

Distinguished Alumna Award to Henrietta Hill Swope ‘25. Barnard alumnae, v. 64, summer 1975: 15-16. group port.
   LH1.B23A4, v. 64

Henrietta H. Swope. Physics today, v. 34, Mar. 1981: 88.
   QC1.P658, v. 34

Henrietta H. Swope. Radcliffe quarterly, v. 67, Mar. 1981: 38-39.
    LH1.R2Q8, v. 67

Laird, Kimberly J., and Dorrit Hoffleit. Henrietta Hill Swope (1902-1980), astronomer. In Notable women in the physical sciences, a biographical dictionary. Edited by Benjamin F. Shearer and Barbara S. Shearer. Westport, Conn., Greenwood Press, 1997. p. 389-391.
   Q141.N734 1997
    Notes (14): p. 391. Bibliography: p. 391.

Rice, Madeleine H. Henrietta H. Swope ‘25. Barnard alumnae magazine, v. 70, spring 1981: 29.
    LH1.B23A4, v. 70

Variable star observer dies. Sky and telescope, v. 61, Jan. 1981: 21.
   QB1.S536, v. 61
    About Henrietta H. Swope.

Welther, Barbara L. Henrietta Hill Swope, 1902-1980: astronomer, educator, benefactor. In American Association of Variable Star Obersvers. Journal, v. 10, no. 1, 1981: 37.
    QB835.A455, v. 10
   Abstract of a paper presented at the association's spring meeting, Apr. 25, 1981, in Tucson, Arizona.

Welther, Barbara L. Henrietta Hill Swope: variable stars in the Milky Way and Andromeda. Mercury, v. 21, Jan./Feb. 1992: 18. port.
   QB1.M43, v. 21

Sytinskaia, Nadezhda Nikolaevna

Bronsht n, Vital A. Nadezhda Nikolaevna Sytinskaia. In Problemy nabliudatel'no i teoretichesko astronomii. [Redaktory: O. A. Mel'nikov, V. K. Abalakin] Moskva, 1977. (Seriia Problemy issledovaniia vselenno , vyp. 6) p. 266-268. port.
   QB51.P92

Syteinskaia, Nadezhda Nikolaevna. In Kolchinski , Il'ia G., Alla A. Korsun', and Modest G. Rodriges. Astronomy; biograficheski apravochnik. Izd. 2, dop. i perer. Kiev, Naukova dumka, 1986. p. 308-309. port.
   QB35.K58 1986

Szkody, Paula

Paula Szkody. In American Astronomical Society. AAS newlsetter, 78, Dec. 1995: 5.
    Brief biography and statement in connection with her candidacy for the position of AAS councilor.

Szkody, Paula and Douglas Eby. Paula Szkody (1948- ), astronomer. In Notable women in the physical sciences, a biographical dictionary. Edited by Benjamin F. Shearer and Barbara S. Shearer. Westport, Conn., Greenwood Press, 1997. p. 392-396. port.
   Q141.N734 1997
    Bibliography: p. 396.

University Women present Cannon Award to [Paula] Szkody. Physics today, v. 31, Oct. 1978: 74.
    QC1.P658, v. 31

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Tarter, Jill Cornell

Fraknoi, Andrew, David Morrison, and Sidney C. Wolff. Voyages in astronomy. Jill Tarter: trying to make contact. In their Voyages through the universe. 2d ed. v. 1. Voyages to the planets. Fort Worth, Saunders College Pub. [2000] p. 334. col. port.
   QB45.F815 2000, v. 1
    Another color portrait appears on p. 333.

Jill Tarter. In American Astronomical Society. AAS newsletter, 68, Dec. 1993: 10.
    Brief biography and statement in connection with her candidacy for the AAS Nominating Committee.

Mézié, Michèle. Jill Tarter: à la recherche d'E.T. Sciences & avenir, no 552, août 1990: 14-15. col. illus., col. port.
   Q2.S475, 1990

Swift, David W. Jill Cornell Tarter. In his SETI pioneers; scientists talk about their search for extraterrestrial intelligence. Tucson, University of Arizona Press, 1990. p. 346-377. port.
    QB54.S44 1990

Stern, Kate. Tarter, Jill Cornell. Current biography, v. 62, Feb. 2001: 79-83. ports.

Tarter, Jill C. Interview. In Abell, George O., David Morrison, and Sidney C. Wolff. Realm of the universe. 5th ed. Fort Worth, Saunders College Pub., 1992. p. 364-365. col. port.

Tarter is the Helen Sawyer Hogg lecturer. In American Astronomical Society. AAS newsletter, 105, June 2001: 20.

Tarter named Project Scientist for SETI. In American Astronomical Society. AAS newsletter, 45, June 1989: 13.

Taylor, Janet

Taylor, Janet. In Taylor, Eva G. R. The mathematical practitioners of Hanoverian England, 1714-1840. Cambridge, For the Institute of Navigation at the University Press, 1966. p. 461-462.
   QA27.G7T28
    Mrs. Taylor's work is also discussed in chapter 8 of the narrative portion of the book, on p. 101-102.

Terent'eva, Lidiia Ivanovna

L. I. Terent'eva. Astronomicheski zhurnal, t. 10, vyp. 2, 1933: 248.
   QB1.A47, v. 10

Thomas, Helen Meriwether Lewis

Hoffleit, Dorrit. Helen Meriwether Lewis Thomas, 21 August 1905 - 6 August 1997. Isis, v. 89, June 1998: 316-317. port.

Thome, Lois M. Keener

Trimble, Virginia. Lois Keener Thome, c.1897-1994. In American Astronomical Society. Bulletin, v. 29, no. 5, 1997: 1492.
   QB1.A255, v. 29

Thorburn, Julie A.

Trumpler Award: Julie A. Thorburn. Mercury, v. 24, Sept./Oct. 1995: 6.

Tichá, Jana

Durda, Daniel D. Jana Tichá and the Klet Observatory. Planetary report, v. 21, Mar./Apr. 2001: 16-17. col. port.
    Tichá, director of the Klet Observatory, received one of the 2001 Shoemaker NEO Grants. The money will help complete a new 1-meter telescope that will allow her team to make more precise observations of near-earth objects.

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Tinsley, Beatrice Muriel Hill

APS publishes memoir of astrophysicist Beatrice Tinsley. Physics today, v. 39, Nov. 1986: 113.
    QC1.P658, v. 39

Bailey, Martha J. Tinsley, Beatrice Muriel (Hill). In her American women in science, 1950 to the present; a biographical dictionary. Santa Barbara, Calif., ABC-CLIO [1998] p. 387-388.
    Bibliography: p. 388.
   Q141.B254 1998

Catley, Christine C. Beatrice Tinsley, 1941-1981. In The Book of New Zealand women. Ko kui ma te kaupapa. Edited by Charlotte Macdonald, Merimeri Penfold and Bridget Williams. [Wellington, N.Z.] B. Williams Books [1991] p. 680-683. port.
   CT3805.B66 1991
    References (3): p. 683.

Dodd, Richard J. Appreciation: Beatrice M. Tinsley, 1941-1981. Southern stars, v. 30, Mar. 1984: 429-431.
   QB1.R788, v. 30

Eisberg, Joann. Beatrice Muriel Hill Tinsley. (1941-1981), astronomer. In Notable women in the physical sciences, a biographical dictionary. Edited by Benjamin F. Shearer and Barbara S. Shearer. Westport, Conn., Greenwood Press, 1997. p. 396-400.
   Q141.N734 1997
    Notes (7): p. 400. Bibliography: p. 400.

Faber, Sandra. Beatrice Tinsley. Physics today, v. 34, Sept. 1981: 110, 112. port.
   QC1.P658, v. 34

Faber, Sandra. Tinsley Medal. Sky & telescope, v. 66, July 1983: 5. port.
   QB1.S536, v. 66
    Letter to the editor.

Guarnieri, Maria D., and Maria G. Pancaldi Stagni. Beatrice Muriel Hill Tinsley: una vita per la scienza. Orione, v. 11, mar./apr. 1991: 28-33. col. illus., port.

Gunn, James E. Beatrice Muriel Tinsley - a dedication and appreciation. In Stellar Populations Meeting, Baltimore, Md., 1986. Stellar populations; proceedings. Edited by Colin A. Norman, Alvio Renzini, Monica Tosi. Cambridge, New York, Published for the Space Telescope Science Institute [by] Cambridge University Press, 1986. (Space Telescope Science Institute symposium series, 1) p. 1-2. port.
   QB881.S74 1986
    The portrait faces p. 1.

Hill, Edward. My daughter Beatrice; a personal memoir of Dr. Beatrice Tinsley, astronomer. New York, American Physical Society, 1986. xix, 118 p. facsim., ports.
   QB36.T56H55 1986
    See also Linda Y. Schweizer's review in Sky & Telescope, v. 74, Sept. 1987, p. 261 (QB1.S536, v. 74).

Hyde, Vicki. Beatrice Tinsley, galactic evolutionist. In her Godzone skies: astronomy for New Zealanders. Christchurch, Canterbury University Press, 1992. p. 66. port.
   QB33.N45H93 1992

Knapp, Gillian R. Beatrice Muriel Hill Tinsley (1941-1981). In Women in chemistry and physics; a biobibliographic sourcebook. Edited by Louise S. Grinstein, Rose K. Rose, and Miriam H. Rafailovich. Foreword by Lilli S. Hornig. Westport, Conn., Greenwood Press, 1993. p. 553-561.
   QD21.W62 1993
    A bibliography of Tinsley's scientific works appears on p. 557-561, followed on the last page by a list of works about her.

Larson, Richard B., and Linda L. Stryker. Beatrice Muriel Hill Tinsley. In Royal Astronomical Society. Quarterly journal, v. 23, Mar. 1982: 162-165.
   QB1.R732, v. 23
   Reprinted in Hill's memoir.

Trimble, Virginia L. Extracts from My Daughter Beatrice. Journal of college science teaching, v. 17, Nov. 1987: 112-115, 171. port.
   Q183.U6J68, v. 17
   Reprinted as "Beatrice Tinsley" in her Visit to a Small Universe, p. 285-293 (New York, American Institute of Physics, 1992. Masters of modern physics. QB51.T75 1991).

Torres-Peimbert, Silvia

Rodríguez, Luis F. Silvia Torres de Peimbart: Premio Universidad Nacional en el Área de Investigación en Ciencias Exactas. Boletín de la Sociedad Mexicana de Física, v. 11, enero/marzo de 1997: 6-7. port.

Silvia Torres-Peimbert. In American Astronomical Society. AAS newsletter, 38, Dec. 1987: 5.
   Brief biography and statement in connection with her candidacy for the office of AAS councilor.

Trimble, Virginia Louise

About the author. In Trimble, Virginia. Visit to a small universe. New York, American Institute of Physics, 1992. (Masters of modern physics) p. 335-336.
   QB51.T75 1991

Biographical sketches. Chapter 5: The origin and evolution of the chemical elements. Virginia L. Trimble. In The Origin and evolution of the universe. Edited by Ben Zuckerman, Matthew A. Malkan. Sudbury, Mass., Jones and Bartlett [1996] p. xiv. port.
   QB981.072 1996

Physics teachers honor Trimble. In American Astronomical Society. AAS newsletter, 105, June 2001: 10.

Virginia L. Trimble. In American Astronomical Society. AAS newsletter, 83, Dec. 1996: 4.
    Brief biography and statement in connection with her candidacy for the office of AAS vice president.

Trimble, Virginia L. In Who's who in technology. 7th ed. Kimberley A. McGrath, editor. New York, Gale Research [1995] p. 1256.
    T39.W5 1995

Tseraskaia, Lidiia Petrovna

Blazhko, Serge N. Pamiati L. P. Tserasko . Astronomicheski zhurnal, t. 9, vyp. 1/2, 1932: 1-6.
   QB1.A47, v. 9
   Reprinted in Mirovedenie, t. 21, ianv./apr. 1932, p. 114-119 (QB1.M5, v. 21). A portrait appears, facing p. 1, in the iiul'/avg. issue of the same volume.

Nicolaidis, Efthymios. Lidiya Petrovna Tseraskaya (1855-1931). In his La developpement de l'astronomie en U.R.S.S., 1917-1935. [Paris? 1984?] p. 183.

Tseraskaia, Lidiia Petrovna. In Kolchinski , Il'ia G., Alla A. Korsun', and Modest G. Rodriges. Astronomy; biograficheski spravochnik. Izd. 2, dop. i perer. Kiev, Naukova dumka, 1986. p. 359. port.
   QB35.K58 1986

Turner, Jean

Jean Turner. In American Astronomical Society. AAS newsletter, 73, Dec. 1994: 8.
   Brief biography and statement in connection with her candidacy for the office of AAS councilor.

Turtle, Betty Louise Webster

Storey, John W. V., and Donald J. Faulkner. Betty Louise Turtle, 1941-1990. In Astronomical Society of Australia. Proceedings, v. 9, no. 1, 1991: 6-7. port.
   QB1.A37A33, v. 9

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