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Mary Ward, née King, was born on 27 April 1827 at Ballylin in Co. Offaly, the youngest of four children of the Reverend Henry King and his wife Harriette. Her Mother, who was a member of the distinguished Lloyd family within the County, was sister to Alice, mother of the famous astronomer William, third Earl of Rosse (see the biography of his wife Lady Mary Rosse in Chapter 1).
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McKenna-Lawlor, S.M.P. (2003). The Hon. Mrs Mary Ward (1827–1869) Astronomer, Microscopist, Artist and Entrepreneur. In: Whatever Shines Should be Observed. Astrophysics and Space Science Library, vol 292. Springer, Dordrecht. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-94-017-0351-2_2
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