Janet Taylor (1804-1870): Mathematical instrument maker and teacher of navigation

John S. Croucher

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Janet Taylor (1804-1870): Mathematical instrument maker and teacher of navigation

John S. Croucher^*

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Department of Actuarial Studies and Business Analytics

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Janet Taylor, the daughter of a country gentleman, built a career as a teacher of navigation, a mathematician, astronomer, author, instrument maker and inventor, with her own business and nautical academy. She was recognised by two European heads of state and the Pope, being eventually granted a modest Civil List pension by her own country, England. This chapter describes Mrs. Taylor's life from Wolsingham in County Durham, where she was born in 1804, to the inner heart of maritime London in the mid-nineteenth century. It is a story of gender and of class, pieced together from largely public records and fragments of family memories. It tells of the determination and fortitude that built a remarkable career.

Original language	English
Title of host publication	The Palgrave handbook of women and science since 1660
Editors	Claire G. Jones , Alison E. Martin, Alexis Wolf
Place of Publication	Cham
Publisher	Springer, Springer Nature
Chapter	5
Pages	85-100
Number of pages	16
ISBN (Electronic)	9783030789732
ISBN (Print)	9783030789725
DOIs	https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-030-78973-2_5
Publication status	Published - 2022

Keywords

Entrepreneurialism
Gender
Sea-navigation
Technology
Women

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