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Margaret Bryan (b. ca. 1760, fl. ca. 1797–1815)
A Compendious System of Astronomy ...
London: Printed for the author, 1797
NYPL, The Carl H. Pforzheimer Collection of Shelley and His Circle
Little is known of Margaret Bryan, the author of this work and Lectures
on Natural Philosophy (London, 1806), except that she ran two successful schools
for girls, teaching the sciences at high levels. This frontispiece tells us
only that she was handsome and had at least two daughters. The subscription
list for the Compendious System is long and full of aristocratic names, indicating
that whatever else she was, Bryan had a good public relations network.
