Irish astronomer, astrophysicist & historian of science Mary Brück was born #OTD in 1925.
Although her astronomical research, she is probably best remembered as a writer, with a particular interest in the history of science. Her published works include ‘The Peripatetic Astronomer: The Life of Charles Piazzi Smyth’; ‘Agnes Mary Clerke and the Rise of Astrophysics’; ‘Women in Early British and Irish Astronomy: Stars and Satellites’; and ‘Ladybird Book of the Night Sky’.