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Mary Teresa Bruck
Submitted by Alison McCall on 25 September 2016 - 7:46pm
Revised: 25 September 2016 - 7:59pm — Alison McCall
Title:
Dr.
Other names:
Her maiden name was Conway. She was also known as Maire.
Dates:
29 May 1925 - 11 Dec 2008
Maire conway was born in Ireland and studied physics at the University of Dublin. She gained her PhD at the University of Edinburgh. She returned to Dublin to work at the Dunsink Observatory.
She married the director of the observatory, Hermann Bruck, in 1951. Bruck was a widower wuith two children, and the couple had a further three children.
In 1957 the family moved to Edinburgh, where Mary lectured at the University and carried out research into stars, the interstellar medium and the Magellanic Clouds. She also researched and wrote books and articles on women in astronomy.