Margaret Winifred Vowles (née Pearce; 4 January 1882, Gloucester – 4 March 1932, Kingston) was an English author on science.
Parentage She was the daughter of Francis Tring Pearce (16 Mar 1846 – 19 May 1935) and Martha Allen of Lorraine House, Gloucester, England. FT Pearce was a director of Priday, Metford and Company Limited millers of Gloucester. Her maternal grandfather was Henry Allen who was Mayor of Gloucester in 1873.
Education
She took a Bachelor of Science Degree from the University of London for which she studied at Cheltenham Ladies' College. She became a member of the History of Science Society and the Women's Engineering Society. Prior to her death she had been living in Wimbledon for two years and was a member of the local branch of the Women Citizen's Association. She published one book and a number of articles on science with her husband Hugh Pembroke Vowles.
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Publications
The Quest for Power (Chapman and Hall, London, 1931 book published with Hugh Pembroke Vowles) Science and Industrial Insanity. Article published with Hugh Vowles. Date uncertain.
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