Dear All,
A biographer has asked me whether I can supply
any details of someone he is writing about who
seems to have had some interest in sundials.
The bare facts are:
Name: Kathleen Wright (nee Higgins)
Born: Not known but about 1925
Died: 1 January 1999
Oxford University: 1944
Frank,
See http://tinyurl.com/2fpvfah for a source for Higgins' article The
Classification of Sundials - done while she was Assistant Curator at the
Museum of the History of Science, Oxford. I believe it was based on her
thesis - a copy of which I have somewhere in my files although I can't
Frank,
According to:
http://rfrost.people.si.umich.edu/courses/MatCult/content/bladerunner.pdf
she held the post at the museum from 1948-1953.
Fred Sawyer
Frank,
See http://tinyurl.com/2fpvfah for a source for Higgins' article The
Classification of Sundials - done while she was Assistant
Dear Fred,
As usual, your encyclopedic knowledge has
come up with a couple of nuggets!
http://tinyurl.com/2fpvfah
http://rfrost.people.si.umich.edu/courses/MatCult/content/bladerunner.pdf
These are fascinating and most helpful.
Very many thanks indeed.
Frank
