Mary Cecilia Foley (8 October 1859 - 22 October 1925)[1] was a geologist, who worked at the University of London.[2]
Mary Cecilia Foley | |
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| Alma mater | University College, London B.Sc (1891) |
| Scientific career | |
| Institutions | University of London |
Foley was born at Wadhurst, Sussex in October 1859. She was the daughter of John Foley, vicar of Wadhurst, and Caroline Elizabeth Foley (née Windham), and had a sister, Caroline Rhys Davids and a brother Charles Windham Foley.[1]
Foley studied at University College, London under geologist Thomas George Bonney. She graduated in 1891 with an honours degree in geology and was awarded the Morris prize for geology.[2]
During the 1890s, Foley was an active member of the Geologists' Association, and published a number of reports of field excursions.[3][4][5] In 1896, she published a paper on 'enclosures of glass in basalt', based on field observations of some volcanic outcrops in the Eifel.[6]
She served on the council of the Geologists' association from 1897 to 1900, and from 1909 to 1912.[2] Foley was only the second woman, after Catherine Raisin, to be elected to serve on the council.[7] From 1901 to 1903, Foley was excursions secretary for the association.[8]
From 1901 to 1925 Foley was the Chief Lady Invigilator at London University.[9]
During the 1900s, Foley assisted her sister Rhys Davids with the transcription of two Buddhist texts in the Pali language: the Dukapaṭṭhāna (1906) and the Yamaka (1911).[10]
References
edit- ^ a b "Collection of Rhys Davids family, Pali scholars - MC Foley". www.ames.cam.ac.uk. July 5, 2018.
- ^ a b c Ogilvie, Marilyn Bailey; Harvey, Joy Dorothy (2000-01-01). The Biographical Dictionary of Women in Science: A-K. Taylor & Francis. p. 457. ISBN 9780415920407.
- ^ Meeson, F.; Foley, M. C. (November 1, 1897). "Excursion to Woking: Saturday, July 3rd, 1897". Proceedings of the Geologists' Association. 15 (5): 185–188. doi:10.1016/S0016-7878(97)80082-X – via ScienceDirect.
- ^ Stebbing, W. P. D.; Foley, M. C. (July 1, 1898). "Excursion to Penn and Coleshill, Bucks: Saturday, May 21st, 1898". Proceedings of the Geologists' Association. 15 (8): 311–312. doi:10.1016/S0016-7878(98)80041-2 – via ScienceDirect.
- ^ Foley, Mary C. (July 1, 1901). "Visit to the British Museum (natural history), cromwell road: Saturday, March 2nd, 1901". Proceedings of the Geologists' Association. 17 (3): 117–118. doi:10.1016/S0016-7878(01)80031-6 – via ScienceDirect.
- ^ Foley, Mary C. (1896). "On Enclosures of Glass in a Basalt near Bertrich, in the Eifel". Geological Magazine. 3: 242–245.
- ^ Mary R. S. Creese; Creese, Thomas M. (1994). "British Women Who Contributed to Research in the Geological Sciences in the Nineteenth Century". The British Journal for the History of Science. 27 (1): 23–54 – via JSTOR.
- ^ E.W. (1926). "Miss Mary Cecilia Foley". Proceedings of the Geologists' Association. 37: 229.
- ^ "Collection of Rhys Davids family, Pali scholars". www.ames.cam.ac.uk. July 5, 2018.
- ^ "Foley, Mary Cecilia | The Online Books Page". onlinebooks.library.upenn.edu.
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