Constance Anne Herschel

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Constance Anne Herschel as a child, far left, posing with the other daughters of John Herschel

Constance Anne Herschel (1855 – 20 June 1939), later known as Lady Lubbock, was a scientist and mathematician.

Herschel held the post of resident lecturer in natural sciences and mathematics at Girton College, Cambridge.[1]

She was the child of Sir John Herschel, and the grandchild of William Herschel. She wrote a family history of the famous scientific dynasty by compiling family sources, 'The Herschel Chronicle'.[2]

She married Sir Nevile Lubbock.

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