Ellen Mary Clerke

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Ellen Mary Clerke(1840 - 2 March 1906) was an author, journalist, poet and popular science writer in the field of astronomy. She was born in Skibbereen, County Cork, in Ireland. She wrote for the London Tablet,[1] and also spent much time in Italy.

Agnes Mary Clerke (1842-1907), also a writer on astronomy, was her sister.

[edit] Books

  • Fable and Song in Italy (1899), essays and verse translations.
  • Flowers of Fire (1902), novel.

[edit] References

  1. ^ Ellen Mary Clerke - Catholic Encyclopedia article