Jessica Duncan Piazzi Smyth

1815–1896 (age 81)

Biography

Jessica Duncan Piazzi Smyth (1812 – 24 March 1896) made geological tours of the British Isles and Europe, and traveled to Egypt, Tenerife, and throughout the Mediterranean on scientific expeditions with her husband, Charles Piazzi Smyth, the Astronomer Royal for Scotland.