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Mary Edwards blue plaque

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This blue commemorative plaque records: Mary Edwards 1750-1815 First female "computer" lived and worked from 4 Brand Lane. She was employed by the Board of Longitude to compute astronomical tables for the British Nautical Almanac between 1773 & 1815 Recorded plaque organisation: Ludlow Civic Society.

From the Open Plaques record 41350

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