#mary proctor

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Mary Proctor – Scientist of the Day

Mary Proctor, an Irish/American popular science writer, died Sep. 11, 1957, at the age of 95.

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Nancy Smith (1881-1962), ''The Book Of The Heavens'' by Mary Proctor, 1924 Source

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Mary Proctor - Evenings with the Stars

(Cassell and Company, London and New York, 1924)

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"Mary" Christmas !!!! 🎄🎇

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By Mary L. Proctor, find out more here and here

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On Black Friday, Tallahassee mall shoppers will likely pass an art gallery without a clue that the work of the artist inside is also held by the Smithsonian and the Met. Meet Mary Proctor, who transforms pain into hope.

One of Patrick’s oldest friends, who he met when his family moved to Madison, Alabama to take up the post at the church where his father still preaches, wrote this beautiful profile of Mary Proctor, a southern folk artist and all-around powerful soul out of Tallahassee, Florida. 

As the subtitle goes, “meet Mary Proctor, who transforms pain into hope.” If you, too, think that’s easier said than done and could use some tips, click on through for Katherine Webb-Hehn’s beautiful writing about a beautiful woman. 

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Evening with the Stars. Mary Proctor. London: Cassell and Company, Limited, 1924. Charts, illustrations.

“Many delightful evenings may be spent in observing the starry heavens, if, like Milton's hermit in II Penseroso, we are able to —Sit and rightly spell / Of every star that heaven doth show.”