Margaret_Burbidge

Born, August 12, 1919 | Died, April 5, 2020 | Born in the US | UCL 📚 (University College London) | Married to Geoffrey Burbidge ❤ | works at UCL observatory ✨

[Margaret_Burbidge @Margaret_Burb19]

@ClaudiusPotato Congrats!! 👍🎉

[ESO @ESO]

ESO #Flashback: The brilliant star cluster NGC 2100 lies in the Large Magellanic Cloud, a small satellite galaxy of the Milky Way.

🔗 https://t.co/Y4kABnYHND

Credit: @ESO

[Margaret_Burbidge @Margaret_Burb19]

@J_kepler58 Might want to look into some face wash :)

[Margaret_Burbidge @Margaret_Burb19]

Imagine dying before 100 👀

[Ejnar Hertzsprung @theEjnarHertz]

My biggest challenge was probably that awk moment when I died at age 94🤪🤪🤪life:1 me:0 #peaceout

[Giovanni Cassini @i_itsyourboi]

Mar Drew’s science class is one of the best in the world

[Margaret_Burbidge @Margaret_Burb19]

Fun Fact!!

• I married Geoffry Ronald Burbidge on April 2nd, 1948 💍
• and I have 1 daughter named Sarah Burbidge who was born in 1956 👨‍👩‍👧

[Margaret_Burbidge @Margaret_Burb19]

I'm very happy that George and I made it to our 61st anniversary. Sad, but I'm glad we were together for that long ❤😊

RIP Geoffrey Ronald Burbidge 09/24/1925 - 01/26/2010

[Margaret_Burbidge @Margaret_Burb19]

I miss being home 🥺

California is nice but Davenport, England will always feel more like home 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿

[Margaret_Burbidge @Margaret_Burb19]

@ClaudiusPotato Fighting discrimination sir

[Margaret_Burbidge @Margaret_Burb19]

@ClaudiusPotato Imagine being that old 👀

[Margaret_Burbidge @Margaret_Burb19]

"It is high time that discrimination in favour of, as well as against women in professional life be removed."
#fightagainstdiscrimination
#womensrights

[Margaret_Burbidge @Margaret_Burb19]

Fun Fact!! 🎉📚📓

I've worked at the University of London Observatory, Yerkes Observatory of the University of Chicago, Cavendish Laboratory in Cambrisge, England, and the California Institute of Technology

[Margaret_Burbidge @Margaret_Burb19]

I died after suffering a fall...

Kinda disappointed in myself 😭

[Margaret_Burbidge @Margaret_Burb19]

Fun fact!!

•I was added to the Women's Museum of California Hall of Fame in 2003! 😎👑

[Margaret_Burbidge @Margaret_Burb19]

Anyone else participate in the AAS committee standing?? 🤨

[Margaret_Burbidge @Margaret_Burb19]

Who created the B2FH??

William A Fowler, Sir Fred Hoyle, and of course, me!! 😁😁

[Margaret_Burbidge @Margaret_Burb19]

I hate the discrimination towards women in our industry...

I was refused the title of Astronomer Royal solely due to the fact I was a woman.

[Margaret_Burbidge @Margaret_Burb19]

I actually ended up refusing the Annie J. Cannon Prize from the American Astronomicsl Society since it was another way of representing the discrimination towards women.

Every prize should be for everyone. NOT just Women or men.

[Margaret_Burbidge @Margaret_Burb19]

Who else can say they lived to be 100? Not many, but I can! :P
#livedto100 #100years

[Margaret_Burbidge @Margaret_Burb19]

Being the first woman to be appointed director of the Royal Greenwich Observatory is one of the biggest things I'm proud of in my life. Finding opportunities in the industry as a woman is one if the hardest things I had to face but I'm proud of where I've gotten 😊😆