Science & Technology

Gussie Louisa Wilson (1855-1929): inventor and suffragist

Women have always been inventive. Where would we be today without Ada Lovelace (1815-1852)[1] who wrote the first computer programme, or Marie Cure (1867-1939)[2] the first woman to receive the Nobel Prize who discovered radium and polonium and used her knowledge to improve x-ray machines, or Dorset-born business woman Eleanor Coade (1733-1821) [3] who developed … Read more

Daphne Oram (1925-2003): pioneer of electronic music

Daphne Blake Oram was born at Devizes in Wiltshire on 31 December 1925, the youngest child and only daughter of James Oram MBE (1890-1964) and Ida Murton Oram (née Talbot) (1887-1972), of Belle Vue House, Devizes. Daphne’s middle name was the maiden name of her grandmother Alice Blake (1851-1941). Daphne’s father was a town councillor … Read more