About Margaret Lindsay Huggins
Margaret Lindsay, Lady Huggins (née Murray; 14 August 1848 – 24 March 1915) was an Irish-English scientific investigator and astronomer. With her husband William Huggins she was a pioneer in the field of spectroscopy and co-wrote the Atlas of Representative Stellar Spectra (1897). == Family and early life == Huggins was born on 14 August 1848, in Dublin, to a family of four. Her parents were Helen Lindsay and John Murray, a solicitor who attended Edinburgh Academy. Her younger brother by three years, Robert Douglas, attended Edinburgh Academy at the age of twelve, and then attended further education in Trinity College Dublin in his later years. The family home was a Georgian style townhouse, at 23 Longford Terrace in Monkstown, Dublin. Margaret's grandfather, Robert Murray, was a very important figure in her life. He was a wealthy officer at the Bank of Ireland but also enjoyed the hobby of astronomy. From a young age Margaret had a keen interest in astronomy as a result of the relationship between herself and her grandfather. When she was a young girl her grandfather brought her outdoors in the evening, and taught her about all the constellations and how they can be identified.
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