Born Skibbereen, Co. Cork, Ireland, 10 February 1842
Died London, England, 20 January 1907
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Brück, M.T. (2014). Clerke, Agnes Mary. In: Hockey, T., et al. Biographical Encyclopedia of Astronomers. Springer, New York, NY. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-1-4419-9917-7_290
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