Marie Geelmuyden | |
|---|---|
 Marie Geelmuyden, c.1880 | |
| Born | 1856 July 22 Horten, Norway |
| Died | 1935 May 21 |
| Education | Nissen Governess School |
| Parents |
|
| Scientific career | |
| Fields | Chemistry |
Marie Geelmuyden (born 22 July 1856 in Horten, died 21 May 1935) was a Norwegian chemist, teacher and textbook author. She was the first Norwegian woman to receive a degree in science. [1]
She was the daughter of Christian Torber Hegge Geelmuyden (1816-1885) and Jensine Sophie Horn (1825-1913). The father was from the Dutch Geelmuyden family and was a naval commander, author of science textbooks and mayor of Horten. The mother was the daughter of a customs inspector in Risør. [2] Marie Geelmuyden was the niece of Ivar Geelmuyden elected to the Norwegian Parliament in 1857, representing the constituency of Fredrikshald. [3]
Marie Geelmuyden graduated as a governess from the Nissen governess school in 1878.
She passed the examen artium in 1883, [4] and the examen philosophicum in 1884. The following year her father died and she began to study science at the university. Her classmates included Cecilie Thoresen Krog, Minda Ramm, Sofie Honoria Bonnevie (later married to Vilhelm Bjerknes) and Ragna Dons. She also played an active role in the student community and was elected the first female president of the Student Scientific Society (“Realistforeningen”) in 1892.
Marie Geelmuyden wrote about her time as a student in the article “Kammeratsliv blandt realister i 80-aarene”, which was printed in the book “Kvindelige studenters jubilæumsskrift”.
Marie Geelmuyden graduated as a candidatus realium in 1890. [5] In 1903 she studied at the Sorbonne University in Paris. But she did not pursue a scientific career. After getting married and having children, she taught domestic subjects in local girls' schools. [6]
Later she became a science teacher in the Royal Norwegian Society for Development schools throughout the country. In 1909, the national school for housekeeping teachers (“Statens husstellærerhøgskole”) in Stabekk, was established. Marie Geelmuyden was employed at the school the same year and thus became one of the first teachers at the school. She wrote a chemistry book for apprentice housewives: “Kjemi for husholdningsskoler”. [7] She worked at the Stabekk school until 1926.
Horten (help·info) is a town and municipality in Vestfold in Vestfold og Telemark county, Norway—located along the Oslofjord. The administrative centre of the municipality is the town of Horten. The municipality also includes the town of Åsgårdstrand and the villages of Borre, Skoppum, and Nykirke.
Christopher Hansteen was a Norwegian geophysicist, astronomer and physicist, best known for his mapping of Earth's magnetic field.
Kristine Elisabeth Heuch Bonnevie was a Norwegian biologist and Norway's first female professor. Her fields of research were cytology, genetics and embryology.
The Massachusetts Metaphysical College was founded in 1881 by Mary Baker Eddy in Boston, Massachusetts, to teach her school of Christian Science metaphysical healing that she named Christian Science. Eddy records in the preface of Science and Health with Key to the Scriptures, her chief work on Scientific Christian healing, p. xi, that the college was opened, "under the seal of the Commonwealth, of Massachusetts, a law relative to colleges having been passed which enabled her to get this institution chartered for medical purposes." and it was located at 571 Columbus Avenue, Boston. USA. After teaching for almost seven years, Eddy closed this college in 1889 in order to devote herself to the revision of her book, Science and Health, but retained her charter and reopened the College in 1899 as an auxiliary to her Church.
Marie Hamsun was a Norwegian actress and writer.
Ivar Christian Sommerschild Geelmuyden was a Norwegian politician.
Christian Torber Hegge Geelmuyden was a Norwegian naval officer and politician.
Almira Hart Lincoln Phelps was an American scientist, educator, author, and editor. Her botany writings influenced more early American women to be botanists, including Eunice Newton Foote and her daughter, Augusta Newton Foote Arnold. Though she primarily wrote regarding nature, she also was a writer of novels, essays, and memoir. The standard author abbreviation A.Phelps is used to indicate this person as the author when citing a botanical name.
Endre Qvie Berner was a Norwegian organic chemist, author and educator.
Ida Cecilie Thoresen Krog was a Norwegian women's rights pioneer and Liberal Party politician, and the first female university student in Norway. She became famous when she was allowed to submit to examen artium in 1882, after an Act amendment had taken place. She was the first president of the women's rights association Skuld and a co-founder and vice president of its successor, the Norwegian Association for Women's Rights. She was also a co-founder and board member of the Norwegian Women's Public Health Association. She was active in the Liberal Party and her liberal views also colored her involvement in the women's rights movement. She was elected a deputy representative in Christiania City Council for the Liberal Party in 1901, as one of the first women elected to a political office in Norway.
Geelmuyden may refer to:
Kristine Munch was a Norwegian physician. She was among the first female physicians in Norway.
Dagny Kristine Bang was a Norwegian physician and politician for the Liberal Party. She was among the first physicians in Norway, and was also a proponent for women's rights.
Marie Elisabeth Michelet, née Storjohann was a Norwegian writer and housewives' leader.
Valborg Lerche was a Norwegian social worker. She was the first female theologian in Norway.
Dorothea von der Lippe Christensen, née Frost was a Norwegian domestic science proponent and politician.
Agvald Gjelsvik was a Norwegian educator and politician for the Labour Party.
Bernhard Cathrinus Pauss was a Norwegian theologian, educator, author and humanitarian and missionary leader, who was a major figure in girls' education in Norway in his lifetime.
Marie Henriques was a Danish painter who created landscapes, figure paintings and portraits, initially in the Realist style but increasingly under the influence of Impressionism. She also painted watercolours of ancient architecture and sculpture. In 1916, she was a founding member of the Society of Women Artists .
Minda Mathea Olava Ramm was a Norwegian novelist, translator and literary critic.
{{cite journal}}: Cite journal requires |journal= (help)| General | |
|---|---|
| National libraries | |
