Miss Bonnett and Mrs Georgina Myra Richards, employees of the Royal Observatory.

Repro ID: H6476

Description: Miss Bonnett and Georgina Myra Richards (née Cumberledge) began work at the Observatory in 1929 and 1930 respectively. As ‘lady computers’, they had to make routine calculations on the observations made by the astronomers. Miss Bonnett left in 1932 but Georgina Cumberledge stayed on, though she transferred to clerical work where most women employed by the Observatory after 1936 ended up. She married in 1940 and retired from the Observatory. As computers they both worked in the Astrographic Department and are photographed here in the South Building of the Observatory.

Creator: Unknown

Date: 20th century

Credit line: National Maritime Museum, London