Arabella Buckley
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Arabella Burton Buckley was a writer and science educator.
She was born in Brighton
, England
. At 24 she went to work as secretary to Charles Lyell
, and worked for him until his death in 1875. Then she began lecturing and writing on science.
She married at the age of 44, but continued publishing under her maiden name.
Her books include:
She was born in Brighton
Brighton
Brighton is the major part of the city of Brighton and Hove in East Sussex, England on the south coast of Great Britain...
, England
England
England is a country that is part of the United Kingdom. It shares land borders with Scotland to the north and Wales to the west; the Irish Sea is to the north west, the Celtic Sea to the south west, with the North Sea to the east and the English Channel to the south separating it from continental...
. At 24 she went to work as secretary to Charles Lyell
Charles Lyell
Sir Charles Lyell, 1st Baronet, Kt FRS was a British lawyer and the foremost geologist of his day. He is best known as the author of Principles of Geology, which popularised James Hutton's concepts of uniformitarianism – the idea that the earth was shaped by slow-moving forces still in operation...
, and worked for him until his death in 1875. Then she began lecturing and writing on science.
She married at the age of 44, but continued publishing under her maiden name.
Her books include:
- The Fairy-Land of Science (1879)
- Life and Her Children (1880)
- Winners in Life's Race (1883)
- History of England for Beginners (1887)
- Insect Life (1901)
- By Pond and River (1901)
- Birds of the Air (1901)
- Wild Life in Woods and Field (1901)
- Trees and Shrubs (1901)
- Plant Life in Field and Garden (1901)
External links and references
- Through magic glasses and other lectures : a sequel to The fairyland of science, available fully and openly online in the Baldwin Library of Historical Children's Literature Digital Collection