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Lady Margaret Boleyn (c. 1454 – 1539) was an Irish noblewoman, the daughter and co-heiress of Thomas Butler, 7th Earl of Ormond. She married Sir William Boleyn and through her eldest son Sir Thomas Boleyn , was the paternal grandmother of Anne Boleyn , second wife of King Henry VIII of England , and great-grandmother of Anne and Henry's ...
Lady Margaret Butler was born at Kilkenny Castle, Kilkenny, Ireland, somewhere between 1454 and 1465. She was the daughter of Thomas Butler, 7th Earl of Ormond, (known as “The Wool Earl”) and his first wife, Anne Hankford, and her paternal grandparents were James Butler, 4th Earl of Ormonde, and Joan Beauchamp.
Mar 27, 2013 · Margaret Butler was a pioneering scientist who spent her career at the forefront of the development of computer science and nuclear energy. Her spirit, drive, and analytical talents led to a lifetime of scientific contributions during an era when women were a rarity in an R&D setting.
Dec 15, 2023 · Lady Margaret Butler (c. 1454 or 1465 [1] – 1539) was an Irish noblewoman, the daughter and co-heiress of Thomas Butler, 7th Earl of Ormond. She married Sir William Boleyn and through her eldest son Sir Thomas Boleyn, was the paternal grandmother of Anne Boleyn, second wife of King Henry VIII of England.
Mar 19, 2013 · Science News. March 19, 2013 / 6:27 PM. Computer pioneer Margaret Butler dies. CHICAGO, March 19 (UPI) -- Margaret K. Butler, a mathematician who helped develop U.S. computers in the...
Together with other pioneering women scientists, she helped form the Chicago Area Chapter of the Association for Women in Science. Margaret Butler passed away March 8, 2013, one day after her 89 th birthday, but her legacy as the first female ANS Fellow will serve as a model for generations of women scientists to come.
Jul 1, 2021 · Margaret Butler. Margaret Butler was one of America’s earliest computer scientists. Beginning her career as a government statistician, she quickly joined Argonne as a junior mathematician in 1947. In the early 1950s, Butler worked on the AVIDAC (Argonne Version of the Institute’s Digital Automatic Computer), one of the nation’s first ...
