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| ⚫ | '''Ann Greenly''' (née '''Barnard'''; 8 June 1852 – 1 March 1927) was the fourth of five daughters of John Barnard of Bath, a dispensing chemist. She is known for her [[Geology|geological]] work assisting her husband [[Edward Greenly]] in his surveying of Scotland and [[Anglesey]], as well as being an accomplished artist and animal rights' representative. She died of heart failure on 1 March 1927, at the age of 75.<ref name="Williams">{{cite journal|last1=Williams|first1=T. P. T.|title=The role of Annie Greenly in the elucidation of the geology of Anglesey|journal=Geological Society, London, Special Publications|date=2007|volume=281|issue=1|pages=319–324|doi=10.1144/SP281.21|bibcode=2007GSLSP.281..319W |s2cid=128910971}}</ref><ref name="Clarkson">{{cite ODNB|last1=Clarkson|first1=E. N. K|title=Edward Greenly|url=http://www.oxforddnb.com/view/article/37485|date=2004 |doi=10.1093/ref:odnb/37485 |access-date=7 March 2017}}</ref> |
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==Annie Greenly== |
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| ⚫ | She first met her future husband, Edward Greenly in 1875 in Bristol. Their families were acquainted and encouraged the growing friendship between the two, which was built on philosophical and poetic exchanges and Edward's scientific studies. Greenly often helped the chemistry student with experiments in his home laboratory.<ref name="Williams" /> When pressed by Edward's parents to either become engaged or break off the relationship, they separated and lost all contact for 11 years. Edward approached her again in 1890, and they soon got engaged and married on 26 September 1891. The couple had no children.<ref name="Olroyd">{{cite journal|last1=Oldroyd|first1=D.R.|title=The Archaean Controversy in Britain: Part III—The rocks of Anglesey and Caernarvonshire|journal=Annals of Science|date=November 1993|volume=50|issue=6|pages=523–584|doi=10.1080/00033799300200381}}</ref><ref name="Williams" /><ref name="Clarkson" /> |
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She first met her future husband Edward Greenly in 1875 in Bristol. Their families were acquainted and encouraged the growing friendship between the two, which was built on philosophical/poetic exchanges as well as Edward’s scientific studies. Annie often helped the then chemistry student with experiments in his home laboratory.<ref name="Williams" /> |
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| ⚫ | Greenly was blind in one eye from an early age. Due to worries for his wife's health, Edward Greenly retired from the [[British Geological Survey|Geological Survey]] in 1895, and the couple subsequently moved to Anglesey, where they continued their geological surveying and mapping, relying on a private income. |
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More than providing logistical and moral support, however, Annie revolutionised her husband’s surveying technique early on. She encouraged him to follow the exemplary lead of his colleague Charles T. Clough’s in all but one respect: |
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“Let Clough be your model in precision, but do not follow him in style. Found your style on nature’s curves. Watch these wherever you can and where you cannot see them, feel them. To be true, a map must be beautiful.”<ref name="Greenly_map">{{cite book|last1=Greenly|first1=Edward|last2=Howel|first2=Williams|title=Methods in geological surveying|date=1930|publisher=Thomas Murby|location=London}}</ref> |
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Edward claimed that Annie was “the initial source of [his] inspiration”.<ref name="Greenly" /> Thus her sense of clarity and beauty was critical in developing her husband’s style of mapping, including the green line method for which Edward Greenly is famous until today.<ref name="Williams" /> |
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In particular, Annie was instrumental for Greenly’s map of Anglesey. She takes particular credit for the index to the Anglesey memoir which is now held in the National Museum of Wales. |
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| ⚫ | Edward Greenly documents her continuous support: |
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| ⚫ | Despite her obvious interest in geology, she stressed "I am not a scholar".<ref name="Greenly">{{cite book|last1=Greenly|first1=Edward|title=A hand through time|date=1938|publisher=Thomas Murby|location=2 volumes. London}}</ref> On top of her scientific role, Annie Greenly was a contralto singer, pianist, and a long-standing member of her local branch of the North Wales [[RSPCA]].<ref name="Williams" /> |
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===Women’s rights=== |
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However, in her husband’s words, Annie Greenly did not like to be “controversial”. She did not make much of the suffrage movement. Edward paraphrases her opinion on Feminism “Our standards of achievement are not wide enough: we judge too much by the conspicuous. Now while conspicuous achievement is mainly and characteristically masculine, inconspicuous achievement is mainly and characteristically feminine. Consequently, our conventional standard shuts out from its due meed of honour half of the human race. Thus, by an unexpected paradox, the fundamental error of Feminism is not in rejection of conventional standards, but in blind acceptance of them. Able to conceive only of the conspicuous, it vainly dreams of competition between the sexes in that field.”<ref name="Greenly" /> |
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Burek, Cynthia V. (2014), The contribution of women to Welsh geological research and education up to 1920, Proceedings of the Geologists’ Association 125 (2014) 480–492. |
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| ⚫ | Subsequently, She worked as Edward's field assistant who was working for the Scottish Geological Survey before retiring to Anglesey. She took control of logistics, arranged lodgings and facilities, prepared powdered mineral specimens, and proofread and edited his writing extensively. Edward reflects on her value as an assistant in one aspect: |
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| ⚫ | "More than one geologist […] has been killed while examining railway cuttings. When the author was examining cuttings in Anglesey, Annie Greenly always came with him as train-watcher and with her at the top of the bank he was able to concentrate on the geology."<ref name="Greenly" /><ref name="Greenly_map">{{cite book|last1=Greenly|first1=Edward|last2=Howel|first2=Williams|title=Methods in geological surveying|date=1930|publisher=Thomas Murby|location=London}}</ref> |
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However, Greenly revolutionised her husband's surveying technique earlier than providing logistical and moral support. She encouraged him to follow the exemplary lead of his colleague [[Charles Clough (geologist)|Charles Clough]]’s in all but one respect:, "Let Clough be your model in precision, but do not follow him in style. Found your style on nature’s curves. Watch these wherever you can and where you cannot see them, feel them. To be true, a map must be beautiful."<ref name="Greenly_map" /> Edward claimed that his wife was "the initial source of [his] inspiration".<ref name="Greenly" /> Thus her sense of clarity and beauty was critical in developing her husband's mapping style, including the green line method for which Edward Greenly is famous today.<ref name="Williams" /> A thin green line is placed on the map around all rock exposure highlighting the data that the geological interpretation of the map is based. In particular, Annie was instrumental for Greenly's map of Anglesey. She takes particular credit for the index to the Anglesey memoir now held in the [[National Museum of Wales]]. |
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| ⚫ | Edward Greenly documents her continuous support: "some sheets she pronounced to be hopeless and these […] she rewrote altogether…we worked on opposite sides of the table, I writing, she doctoring."<ref name="Greenly" /> She was highly valued for her persistence and logic. Greenly was meticulous in the reading and editing of her husband's manuscripts, finishing a final piece of work only a week before her death.<ref name="Burek">{{cite journal|last1=Burek|first1=Cynthia V.|title=The contribution of women to Welsh geological research and education up to 1920|journal=Proceedings of the Geologists' Association|date=September 2014|volume=125|issue=4|pages=480–492|doi=10.1016/j.pgeola.2014.07.007|bibcode=2014PrGA..125..480B }}</ref> |
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| ⚫ | Together with her husband, Greenly regularly attended the annual meetings of the Geological Section of the British Association for the Advancement of Science and other conferences and meetings. In 1903, she instigated the first-ever female participation in the conference dinner, which extended to other female geologists such as [[Gertrude Elles]] and Lady [[Jethro Teall|Teall]].<ref name="Greenly" /><ref name="Williams" /> |
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==References== |
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Latest revision as of 17:06, 23 April 2024
Ann Greenly (née Barnard; 8 June 1852 – 1 March 1927) was the fourth of five daughters of John Barnard of Bath, a dispensing chemist. She is known for her geological work assisting her husband Edward Greenly in his surveying of Scotland and Anglesey, as well as being an accomplished artist and animal rights' representative. She died of heart failure on 1 March 1927, at the age of 75.[1][2]
The "Annie Greenly Fund" for detailed geological mapping was established in her honour by the Geological Society of London.
Personal life
[edit]Much of what we know about Annie Greenly comes from her husband's autobiographic work. Greenly grew up in Bath and Bristol in a liberal evangelical household. Her first introduction to geology came at age 11 when she witnessed an earthquake on 6 October 1863.[1]
She first met her future husband, Edward Greenly in 1875 in Bristol. Their families were acquainted and encouraged the growing friendship between the two, which was built on philosophical and poetic exchanges and Edward's scientific studies. Greenly often helped the chemistry student with experiments in his home laboratory.[1] When pressed by Edward's parents to either become engaged or break off the relationship, they separated and lost all contact for 11 years. Edward approached her again in 1890, and they soon got engaged and married on 26 September 1891. The couple had no children.[3][1][2]
Greenly was blind in one eye from an early age. Due to worries for his wife's health, Edward Greenly retired from the Geological Survey in 1895, and the couple subsequently moved to Anglesey, where they continued their geological surveying and mapping, relying on a private income.
Despite her obvious interest in geology, she stressed "I am not a scholar".[4] On top of her scientific role, Annie Greenly was a contralto singer, pianist, and a long-standing member of her local branch of the North Wales RSPCA.[1]
Edward Greenly (and with him, Annie to a lesser extent) was a mystic who shifted from Evangelicalism to pantheistic religion and Buddhism. He strongly believed to be reunited with his wife, who had survived by almost a quarter of a century, in an afterlife.[3]
Geological career
[edit]Greenly became fully involved in her husband's geological work immediately after their wedding. "We have agreed that I am not to be ignorant of your subject… I can begin by reading. Put into our luggage some lucid elementary books."[4]
Subsequently, She worked as Edward's field assistant who was working for the Scottish Geological Survey before retiring to Anglesey. She took control of logistics, arranged lodgings and facilities, prepared powdered mineral specimens, and proofread and edited his writing extensively. Edward reflects on her value as an assistant in one aspect:
"More than one geologist […] has been killed while examining railway cuttings. When the author was examining cuttings in Anglesey, Annie Greenly always came with him as train-watcher and with her at the top of the bank he was able to concentrate on the geology."[4][5]
However, Greenly revolutionised her husband's surveying technique earlier than providing logistical and moral support. She encouraged him to follow the exemplary lead of his colleague Charles Clough’s in all but one respect:, "Let Clough be your model in precision, but do not follow him in style. Found your style on nature’s curves. Watch these wherever you can and where you cannot see them, feel them. To be true, a map must be beautiful."[5] Edward claimed that his wife was "the initial source of [his] inspiration".[4] Thus her sense of clarity and beauty was critical in developing her husband's mapping style, including the green line method for which Edward Greenly is famous today.[1] A thin green line is placed on the map around all rock exposure highlighting the data that the geological interpretation of the map is based. In particular, Annie was instrumental for Greenly's map of Anglesey. She takes particular credit for the index to the Anglesey memoir now held in the National Museum of Wales.
Edward Greenly documents her continuous support: "some sheets she pronounced to be hopeless and these […] she rewrote altogether…we worked on opposite sides of the table, I writing, she doctoring."[4] She was highly valued for her persistence and logic. Greenly was meticulous in the reading and editing of her husband's manuscripts, finishing a final piece of work only a week before her death.[6]
Together with her husband, Greenly regularly attended the annual meetings of the Geological Section of the British Association for the Advancement of Science and other conferences and meetings. In 1903, she instigated the first-ever female participation in the conference dinner, which extended to other female geologists such as Gertrude Elles and Lady Teall.[4][1]
References
[edit]- ^ a b c d e f g Williams, T. P. T. (2007). "The role of Annie Greenly in the elucidation of the geology of Anglesey". Geological Society, London, Special Publications. 281 (1): 319–324. Bibcode:2007GSLSP.281..319W. doi:10.1144/SP281.21. S2CID 128910971.
- ^ a b Clarkson, E. N. K (2004). "Edward Greenly". Oxford Dictionary of National Biography (online ed.). Oxford University Press. doi:10.1093/ref:odnb/37485. Retrieved 7 March 2017. (Subscription or UK public library membership required.)
- ^ a b Oldroyd, D.R. (November 1993). "The Archaean Controversy in Britain: Part III—The rocks of Anglesey and Caernarvonshire". Annals of Science. 50 (6): 523–584. doi:10.1080/00033799300200381.
- ^ a b c d e f Greenly, Edward (1938). A hand through time. 2 volumes. London: Thomas Murby.
{{cite book}}: CS1 maint: location (link) - ^ a b Greenly, Edward; Howel, Williams (1930). Methods in geological surveying. London: Thomas Murby.
- ^ Burek, Cynthia V. (September 2014). "The contribution of women to Welsh geological research and education up to 1920". Proceedings of the Geologists' Association. 125 (4): 480–492. Bibcode:2014PrGA..125..480B. doi:10.1016/j.pgeola.2014.07.007.