International Women’s Day 2021

As is now traditional I did some wikipedia editing, and also had some fun with AI animation.

For #IWD2021 Eleanor Ormerod, after whom we named University of Edinburgh Research Computing Cloud. First woman to be a Fellow of the Meteorological Society and first woman to be given an honorary doctorate by University of Edinburgh. pic.twitter.com/TGNiUNwcpi

— Dr Melissa Highton (@HoneybHighton) March 8, 2021

And the woman for whom the word ‘scientist’ was invented.

For #IWD2021 The incomparable Mary Somerville after whom we named the University of Edinburgh Data Centre at JCMB. pic.twitter.com/TfGXYSOBCd

— Dr Melissa Highton (@HoneybHighton) March 8, 2021