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Mary Kingdon Heslop

Mary Kingdon Heslop is a astronomy topic covered in the lgStudy science library. This page brings together a partial reference excerpt, illustrations, worked examples, real-world applications and a short study plan, so you can understand Mary Kingdon Heslop rather than just read about it. In short: Mary Kingdon Heslop (c.1885 – c.1955) was an Egyptian-born geologist and geographer. She pioneered of colour photomicrography, and taught for twenty-seven years at the Kenton Lodge Teacher Training College in Newcastle.

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Reference excerpt

Mary Kingdon Heslop (c.1885 – c.1955) was an Egyptian-born geologist and geographer. She pioneered of colour photomicrography, and taught for twenty-seven years at the Kenton Lodge Teacher Training College in Newcastle. Heslop was the first woman lecturer in geography at Leeds University, and one of the first women Fellows of the Geological Society of London.

Life Mary Kingdon Heslop was born circa 1884 or 1885 in Egypt, and brought up and educated there. Heslop moved to Newcastle and studied in physics and geology at Armstrong College, Durham, graduating in 1906. She remained there as a research fellow. In 1909, she gained a M.Sc for her work on igneous petrology, in which she pioneered the use of colour photomicrography and published several papers on the igneous dykes of Northern England. After becoming a demonstrator at Newcastle, she moved to Bedford College, London under Catherine Raisin. Facing a lack of career opportunities in geology, Heslop took a one-year postgraduate diploma in geography at Oxford University in 1916. She taught at Church High School, Newcastle from 1916 until about 1921. On 3 December 1919 she was elected a Fellow of the Geological Society of London, one of the first women Fellows. From c.1920 to 1922 she was assistant lecturer in geography at Leeds University. From 1923 to 1950 she was a full-time lecturer at the Kenton Lodge Teacher Training College in Newcastle. She was described as "committed to her students and a skilled pianist and artist". Heslop was an active member of the Geographical Association committees in Newcastle and Leeds. She died circa 1954 or 1955.

Works 'On some elementary forms of crystallisation in the igneous dykes of Northumberland and Durham'. Proceedings of the University Of Durham Philosophical Society, Vol. 3 (1908), pp.37-46 (with J. A. Smythe) 'The Dyke at Crookdene (Northumberland) and its Relations with the Collywell, Tynemouth and Morpeth Dykes'. Quarterly Journal of the Geological Society of London, Vol. 66, Part 1 (1910), pp.1-18 'A preliminary note on the uniaxial augites of the north of England igneous dykes'. Proceedings Of The University Of Durham Philosophical Society, Vol. 4 (1912), pp.172-174 (with R. C. Burton) 'The tachylite of the Cleveland dyke'. Geological Magazine of London, dec. 5, Vol. 9 (1912), pp. 60-69 'The Trade of the Tyne', The Geographical Teacher, Vol. 10, No. 1 (Spring 1919), pp.12-20

References

Further reading 'Obituary - Mary Kingdon Heslop'. Proceedings of the Geological Society of London, part 1529 (1955), pp.139–140

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Worked examples

Example 1 — a first encounter with Mary Kingdon Heslop

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Example 2 — changing one variable

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Example 3 — an exam-style question

Typical questions about Mary Kingdon Heslop ask you to (a) state it precisely, (b) apply it to given data, and (c) explain a limitation. Practise writing all three answers in under five minutes; the third part is what separates a full-mark answer from an average one.

Applications of Mary Kingdon Heslop

In research: Mary Kingdon Heslop appears in astronomy research whenever the underlying quantities have to be modelled precisely. Papers usually cite it as a starting assumption and then explore where it breaks down.
In technology and industry: Engineering practice reuses Mary Kingdon Heslop in design rules, simulations and safety margins. Knowing the idea lets you read a specification sheet and understand why the numbers look the way they do.
In the classroom: Mary Kingdon Heslop is common in secondary-school and first-year university syllabi. It links to neighbouring topics 1885 births, 1955 deaths, 20th-century geographers, so understanding it makes those chapters shorter.
In everyday life: Look for Mary Kingdon Heslop outside the textbook — in sport, cooking, traffic, electronics or the sky above you. An example you found yourself is remembered far longer than one you were given.

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